BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 18. Visa-empowered “She’s next” global campaign has been launched in Georgia, Senior Director, Visa Country Manager for Caucasus Region Diana Kiguradze told Trend.
“She’s Next initiative became one of the most successful projects across the region where we conducted free online educational masterclasses for women entrepreneurs with Visa speakers, brand experts and successful businesswomen,” Kiguradze said.
The contest was held for female entrepreneurs featuring our partner organizations – “Women for Tomorrow” Business Leaders’ Federation and Forbes Woman Georgia, she added.
According to the country manager, the campaign launched in 2019 in the US has already brought together up to 2,000 women in Georgia with a potential for further network expansion.
“Visa follows the modern trends closely, according to which - we give equal opportunities to all members of the society - regardless of race, gender, age, skin color or other traits,” Kiguradze said.
Meanwhile, Visa continued to raise awareness of innovations and introduce successful businesses in Georgia, the country manager added.
“In this respect, along with Forbes Georgia - we have created a podcast series on driving innovations in Georgia to discuss startup ecosystem and innovation trends in the country featuring representatives of startups, Visa experts, fintech companies and key financial sector representatives,” Kiguradze concluded.
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