The Rural Dhofar 2026 exhibition opened at Atin Square in Oman, bringing together more than 60 rural women entrepreneurs and productive families to showcase agricultural, fishery and food products alongside the annual Khareef Dhofar Festival.
Indonesia has introduced the Pre-Prosperous Women Credit (KPPS) scheme, offering collateral-free loans at a flat 8 percent annual rate, down from roughly 24 percent previously, to an estimated 9.16 million women running ultra-micro businesses.
Ride-hailing platform Bolt has launched a public-vote campaign in South Africa offering a R50,000 grant to a woman entrepreneur, part of a broader push to increase visibility for women-led small businesses on the continent.
More than 1,000 women leaders and aspiring executives came together across six Indian cities for Iron Lady's Walk to the Board 2026, a coordinated national push to accelerate women into boardroom and C-suite positions.
Nidhi Pant, co-founder of S4S Technologies, has won the 17th Social Entrepreneur of the Year India Award for building solar-powered food processing technology that helps thousands of smallholder women farmers turn agricultural waste into income.
The summit will convene women founders, investors and ecosystem leaders from across Asia in Hyderabad, positioning the city as a hub for the region's women-led entrepreneurship movement.
The IMC Ladies' Wing will host the 39th edition of its Women Entrepreneurs' Exhibition in Mumbai this August, bringing together more than 300 women-led businesses in one of India's longest-running platforms dedicated to female entrepreneurship.
The European Union's Women TechEU programme offers up to €75,000 in equity-free grants plus mentoring for women-led deep-tech startups, part of a broader set of EU funding routes aimed at closing the gender gap in hard-science entrepreneurship.
New data shows all-female founding teams captured just 2.3% of global venture capital in 2024, even as female entrepreneurship rises broadly — a gap that highlights how far the venture ecosystem remains from parity.
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women has opened applications for established women entrepreneurs in India, offering a fully funded executive education programme delivered through IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Lucknow.