The Philippines still needs to develop a national program and enforce policies that would enable small, medium enterprises (SME) to flourish apart from what is available to regular businesses. Sixto Donato Macasaet, executive director of the Foundation for a Sustainable Society Inc. (FSSI), told the BusinessMirror in an e-mail interview that…
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(Photo courtesy of DICT) MANILA - Quite literally, investing in women-led businesses can lead to an empowered future. From a realization that education is not accessible to many, Carmina Bayombong and her partner Ronald Replan now sustain hundreds of students through InvestEd, a social enterprise that provides loans to help unbanked youths finance their schooling. Bayombong, the CEO and co-founder of InvestEd, said her company not only helps provide students with the necessary funding to continue their studies but also counseling and coaching to ensure they succeed from school to workforce. "My parents broke out of poverty by getting a college degree and ever since I was growing up, they taught me that education is a very powerful tool for success but not everyone has access to it and my parents were right because when I was studying engineering in college, I saw my own friends become part of this statistics," she said. "We've realized, I and my co-founder, that ther
Australian gov't, Macquarie channel investment to female-led Philippine SMEs bworldonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bworldonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.