Visit of Colombo Port City – The Chairman, Mr. Harry Jayawardena of Melstacorp PLC

India to host a key regional ?EU-India region? hybrid workshop on Sustainable Food Systems in Delhi

Climate change, loss of biodiversity and the degradation of our lands and oceans are existential threats, which are fast resulting in soil depletion, extreme weather events and nutrition issues. In response to these threats, a hybrid regional workshop ?Dialogues on Sustainable Food Systems: from production to consumption? will be organized by the European Union (EU) on 27-28 March 2023 in New Delhi. The EU-funded workshop will bring together key experts, policy makers as well as public stakehol

26 Mar, 2023

Hatch Opens Applications for AccelerateHer 2.0: An Accelerator Program for Budding Female Entrepreneurs from Across the Island

Hatch, Sri Lanka?s leading startup hub partnered with the US Department of State to implement AccelerateHer, a bespoke accelerator program for budding female entrepreneurs. Applications are now open for its second cycle. AccelerateHer is designed to help female founders grow their businesses, upskill, and gain access to funding and networks that will allow them to scale and compete more effectively in the global marketplace. The program is 100% free of charge and does not ask for equity in the

24 Mar, 2023

Sri Lankan women entrepreneurs leverage the power of social media to grow their businesses

  Despite being faced with an uncertain economic future and gender-related barriers, women entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka have risen to the challenge and demonstrated remarkable resilience and adaptability by turning to social media to not only sustain but to grow their businesses to new levels. Meet Nishadi Gamage, a young woman from Yatinuwara who turned her dream of starting a business into reality. She came up with Crafting Hawi, a home-based business that actively uses social media as a prima

31 Mar, 2023