For 15 years, Cartier has been supporting women via the Cartier Women s Initiative entrepreneurship programme. Its aim? To empower female business leaders and owners who are making a sustainable social and/or environmental impact to make an even greater impact in their respective fields. This year s theme is Ripple Effect, and it explores how these changemakers can sustain the momentum of their work to pave the path for future generations.
Cartier received 876 applicants from over 142 countries for this edition. Each year, Cartier Women s Initiative will choose 24 new fellows to join its community, out of which 8 laureates will be chosen. The laureates receive US$100,000 in prize money; the rest receive US$30,000. All eight laureates and 16 finalists, however, will benefit from a tailored one-on-one training, workshops, as well as the opportunity to join INSEAD Business School impact entrepreneurship programme.
Pennie Lim (Photo: Selangor Information Technology and Ecommerce Council (SITEC)/Facebook)
Founded by Malaysian Pennie Lim in 2018, HOMA2U is touted as Malaysia s first full-fledged overstock marketplace for building materials and interior design finishes. An offline-to-online (O2O) marketplace, HOMA connects homeowners and renovation project owners with unused, surplus building materials from construction sites and distributors at affordable prices and thus reducing wastage and streamlining the traditionally analog renovation process for homeowners today.
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Auditor and entrepreneur Penny Choong launched MoneyPenny , naming the website after the the nickname her students gave her (Photo: Penny Choong)
Coming from an IT and finance background, auditor, entrepreneur and finance specialist Penny Choong was forced to see the inherent fragility of the global economy when the 2008 financial crisis hit. After graduating from university, she enter