The 11th Annual WFS Conference
Cross-Cultural Leadership in a Connected World
BWE21 is a self-financed, nonprofit and independent NGO with members from a wide range of business backgrounds
We seek to achieve positive change for businesswomen and hence the Egyptian economy through our business development services, networking and international partnerships we offer to our members.
I would like to express my gratitude to dear Ms. Yomna El Sheridy and her team for giving us this opportunity.
I hope we can meet again at another event in the future.
I wish you all great success on your journey of empowerment and in strengthening the role of women in business life.🍀💖
All My Best
I want to sincerely thank all the wonderful ladies for this inspiring event and special thanks to Yomna and her expert team for their outstanding organization and arrangement, This was my first time attending, and I truly enjoyed every moment. I gained so much experience from the success stories and felt the passion shining through. I am deeply grateful for the chance to meet such beautiful and inspiring ladies.
As always, the event was absolutely wonderful.
A big thank you to all the amazing ladies for such an inspiring gathering, and a special shoutout to Dr. Yomna and her fantastic team for the beautiful organization and smooth arrangements.
Being among such incredible and inspiring women truly re-energized me and gave me a wonderful boost, so thank you all lovely ladies and I am looking forward to seeing soon
Warm regards
I would like to thank Dr. Youmna, Reham, and the girls, Areej, Erini, Waffa, and all those who made this tremendous and successful effort.
Really, Lord, I haven’t forgotten anyone and I don’t know who else, but really, a thousand thanks.
Seriously, you are very strong and young women
BWE organization and everything was beautiful and a success
Merci
Thank you all for the conference and the organization; your efforts are evident. May it be a yearly event, and may we always have more gatherings like this. 🌹🌹
Thank you very much for everything
Thank you everyone who was able to make this big event so successful
Thank you so much for everything, everything is beautiful.
Superb conference and outstanding organization. My sincere thanks and appreciation to Dr. Yomna and the entire team.
Truly well done 🙏
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the effort and beauty. 🌺🌺
From one successful conference to another, you keep raising the benchmark. It was truly a lovely and well-organized event.
Glad to be part of it and meeting every single one. Will be waiting for it every year.
A thousand thanks for the wonderful conference and beautiful company And good organization
Greetings
Thank you very much, you made us happy, Dr. Youmna, Reham, Dina, Enas, Wafa, Irini, Areej and Basant
And all the members of the association are more beautiful Friends 💕💕💕
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Since joining the Businesswomen of Egypt 21 in 2017, and attending the association’s exhibitions, conferences, and workshops, this participation has had a significant impact on the development of my business, giving me a good opportunity to build relationships and share knowledge and experiences.
Through many years of professionalism, I have never been in a community that adding to me rather than taking, a community that every member love to help others, a community that always active and doing the best for all members. Across only 4 years since I joined The Business women of Egypt Association BWE21, I had achieved many dreams not only business opportunities that I never could make them by myself.
At 2017 we participated at Intra Africa exhibition which was held in Egypt with more than 750 co. From all around Africa’s countries, and it was a very good opportunity to communicate with the African Companies and starting trading together.
Then the one of the most precious experience in my life we joined a trade mission to Kenya with BWE21, to explore the African market and from that day tell now we start export our products to Kenya.
In Nahla Soliman Designs we had the chance to be on BWE21 e-Commerce platform www.bwe21trade.com which helps our brand go global and we sell our products on it, and now we receive orders from different buyers.
Also, we have our products on www.amazon.eg and this was a great help for our brand since we started selling online.
By the wide range of networking and throw many workshops, events and even the gathering we gained good knowledge of the policies and regulations in all sectors especially in manufacturing industry, and I became a fully aware by regularly notifying us about any updates.
BWE21 offered me a wide range of Networking, opportunities, training / workshops & experienced guidance.
Through networking while attending many events with BWE21 and annual conference I had the chance to meet with many professionals in different sectors and partner in MENA region like VdU in Germany we gain a better understanding of the other culture and how it can improve the business.
BWE21 also provides the proper mentorship that are really needed for my business. One of them was really useful and I benefited from Globalization to digitalization, it was one by one mentoring and it was very useful as we were all facing new challenges on the business.
By BWE21 efforts I get the chance to get economic/funding initiative, through participating in “Win a Factory” TV program, applied on for pitching our businesses, and we were judged by experienced jury and we had a chance to win EGP 50K fund.
I would like to appreciate my gratitude for BWE21 for the support & guidance that they always provide me and all women, we are looking forward to attend next 8th annual conference 2023 to network and meet with business women from all around the world.
I have the pleasure to introduce our company Dallah Misr, it is an Egyptian SME working in manufacturing and trading vegetable oil products. I joined the Business Women of Egypt 21 Association (BWE 21) since 2015.
During all these years, we got continuous support from the association. Primarily, the association organizes education programs, workshops, coaching small and mid-size enterprise (SME) business owners on how to make their businesses grow and survive, as well as special audit programs to target high-risk areas and boost tax compliance. BWE21 helped its members to convey their viewpoints and concerns to the regulatory and respective government authorities.
Our company benefit from the workshops, in different fields:
The new normal and digitalization we understand that we are responsible for driving innovation to advance our business, we had to transfer the workshops theoretical sessions into everyday practice, by identifying the following areas:
Electronically receiving and processing purchase orders, E-invoicing (paperless workflow), Warehouse operation, Transportation supervision, E-commerce (using www.souq.com.eg / www.amazon.com/ BWE trade as a distribution channel to our product) as well as tax reporting, etc.
Dallah Misr benefit from the workshop, how to deal with Employees Challenges, which helped to explore the role of interpersonal trust and knowledge to reach our goal of total employees’ efficiency.
Last but not least, the workshops, open our eyes to the related environmental obligations in which Dallah Misr is contributing in a small part, but it has a high potential for further improvement, currently we work on the initiatives of recycling the used oil to be reused in petroleum products, in addition to recycling carton boxes, plastic containers etc.
I would like to take this occasion to express Dallah Misr appreciation to BWE21 and the board for their efforts and looking forward for further fruitful meetings.
My professional journey started about 22 years ago, but I joined BWE21 Association about 6 years ago at 2016, actually it was a beginning of a big change in my professional and social life, I made new valuable friendships and I felt that I am not alone in the challenges I am facing on daily basis, I discovered that I have around me in the association many ideas and useful experiences ready to share them together, and the great thing also that the BWE21 does not stop informing about any opportunities, whether governmental or through private institutions In order to benefit from it, in addition to hosting many experts in all fields through many workshops.
BWE21 spares no effort to open areas of commercial cooperation inside and outside Egypt, as it has organized many commercial trips to more than one country such as Italy, Kenya and Brazil.
It may be difficult to mention all the efforts, benefits and values we granted here in details, but I can say that there are great efforts behind all that. In fact, when I face any problem, I immediately go to my colleagues in the association to consult them, it’s like you entered a time machine to shorten a lot of time and find practical solution ready in front of me. I’m very proud to be a member in BWE21 and happy to be able to contribute and benefit from a classy society such as the BWE21 Association.
Over the last week I had the honor and privilege to lead seven business women from the United States to Egypt for what was for most of them, their first international business trip. Upon arrival, Delegates were met outside the plane when they landed with a private car on the tarmac that drove them from the gate to the terminal.
They had a private escort through customs and entry then guided out to meet their driver who took them directly to their hotel, where their rooms were waiting for them.
The first night I took the US delegates out for a cruise on the Nile that included live performances from singing, to belly dancing, and Sufi.
The next morning was the opening ceremony at the League of Arab States where Delegates networked with government officials, head of ministries, large corporate sponsors, and Business leaders. The event was captured by the media and some delegates were interviewed for news stations, magazines and newspapers.
That night we all boarded a flight from Cairo to Luxor where we checked into our next hotel. The beautiful Jolie Ville Spa.
In Luxor, our delegates had the opportunity to go on hot air balloon rides that overlooked the valley of the kings and queens. We had private tours of the valley of the Queens which included Nefertari’s temple and Hatshepsut’s temples. Valley of the kings included the temples of Tutankhamun and Ramesses the II and III
Over the next several days the delegates participated in business sessions that covered topics like global transformation, marketing, financing, investments, business growth, scaling businesses, crossing borders, innovation and so much more.
Delegates had one-on-one business meetings with potential partners and customers which has led to business opportunities on a global scale.
We spoke on panels and shared our expertise with other delegates representing over 25 countries.
They had multiple boat rides on the river Nile including dancing and cultural performances.
They had private dinners underneath the stars at Luxor Temple and five star hotels.
Delegates had an opportunity to tour the Grand Egyptian museum that is still not open to the public.
Delegates even invested in gold and silver.
They had a chance to go to the great pyramids of Giza and ride camels, and spend some time at the spa to decompress.
On the way back to the United States we stopped in Paris for lunch and champagne by the Eiffel Tower. What a way to end an amazing business trip.
And this is not the end. I’m going to be working with some of our delegates one-on-one to expand and grow their businesses globally.
I look forward to sharing my knowledge, experiences and opportunities with more business women looking to grow their careers and businesses on global level.
Thank you to everyone that was part of this week with Businesswomen of Egypt 21 -BWE 21
I’m definitely looking forward to our next global business woman initi
Chime in, if you want to join us on our next global business initiative. ative!
It was really great being with you all thank you Dr. Yomna for your greate effort and thanks to your lovely team and thanks of course to all the participants. I had greate time hope to see you next year again.
Love you all
Thanks a lot team BWE21 for this great conference. I met wonderful women linked together to make better the world. I enjoyed a lot visiting Luxor and Cairo! I had a very special feeling when i saw by my eyes this incredible civilization. It was my first trip in Egypt but in Sha Allah i wish to come back again with my family.
Special thanks to Dr. Yomna for the perfect organization! She treated each of us like a Queen! Special thanks also to Women in Business for giving to WIC this opportunity. I feel really lucky to be member of this network.
See you soon
Dear Ladies. I would also like to thank all of u for an incredible experience. As I said I have worked and experienced Egypt in different occasions in the past and it was always complicated. I was really impressed and I am so much looking forward to stay in touch and see us again very soon.
I am very grateful for all the people I have met.
PAF dolls Co. is proud of being a member of Businesswomen of Egypt 21 -BWE 21 since 2017. They are our success partners.
We attended many events with BWE21 and while networking with professionals in different sectors, we had a chance to work and partner with many entities within Egypt such as Marie Louis, the Fashion & Design Center -FDC, Rofayda Health Park, VDU and many more.
Meanwhile, we gained a lot of knowledge in respect to the policies and regulations in the manufacturing industry, since Businesswomen of Egypt 21 -BWE 21 is fully aware of how much one piece of legislation can impact a profession, hence they keep their members aware by notifying them about how to prepare for any change.
