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May, 2019 Recap

TOP NEWS:

Last Call for WEConnect International Day!

Why Attend International Day?

Ayanda Mzondeki on why to attend WEConnect International Day

Ayanda Mzondeki, Founder of WEConnect International Certified Women's Business Enterprise Liyema Consulting, talks about why she attends International Day.

Who is Coming?

Over 100 women-owned businesses from Canada, U.S., Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Australia, Nigeria, UK, India, Japan, and South Africa.

With confirmed corporate members representatives from Bayer, BDC, Cummins Inc., Dupont, Enterprise Holdings, Ford Motor Company. Intel Corp., Kellogg Company, Marriott International, McCormick & Company, Inc., Procter & Gamble, Sodexo, Sony Pictures Entertainment, TC Energy, TD Bank, UPS and more!

Experience the # WE Connect Effect.

WBE Success Story of the Month

Read Ayşe's full story here!

Ayşe Kösebay

AEK Printing

Istanbul, Turkey

“We were very impressed with how AEK was able to submit cost-competitive solutions that were very much tailored to Accenture's needs and gave us great confidence in having AEK as a supplier to Accenture in Turkey."

Peter Zerp, Supplier Inclusion & Diversity Manager at Accenture.

Have You Heard the News?

Elizabeth A. Vazquez to speak at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference in Vancouver, Canada

Newly Announced Council Pioneers Research Addressing the Link Between $1.5 Trillion Credit Gap and Access to Markets for Women-Owned Businesses

WEConnect International and IFC published a Roundtable Learning Brief on Strategies to Increase Market-Access for Women-Owned SMEs in South Africa

WEConnect International Around the World

P&G's Business Development Program

Graduates Over Sixty Women Business Owners

in Brazil, Costa Rica, and Singapore

Congratulations to the three graduating classes of P&G's Business Development Program in Brazil , Costa Rica , and Singapore in partnership with WEConnect International! The program, now in it's third year, aims to provide training to women business owners to further develop their capabilities and help them grow their businesses. Read more.

Inaugural Supplier Diversity Forum in Singapore

On May 22nd, WEConnect International partnered with the Emerging Markets Institute at INSEAD to host an inaugural Supplier Diversity Forum in Singapore.