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From the inception of the financial sector in Kenya until the mid-90s, women were largely excluded from the formal financial sector due to various barriers such as requirement for introductory letters to open bank account, minimum operating balances and expensive ledger fees.
KUALA LUMPUR: Twelve personalities from the local corporate scene were shortlisted for the finals of the Malaysian chapter of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award last night. In the event co-hosted by Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia, the 12 were nominated for four categories by a panel of judges guided by a set of judging criteria applied globally under the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year programme. The nominees for the Master Entrepreneur category are Andrew Reddy of Chaswood Resources Sdn Bhd, Brandon Tay of Guan Chong Bhd, Datuk Liaw Choon Liang of Focus Point Holdings Bhd and Dr Chia Song Kun of QL Resources Bhd. For the Women Entrepreneur category, the three shortlisted are Selangor Dredging Bhd’s Teh Lip Kim, Lisa Fong of Oscar Footwear Marketing Sdn Bhd and Sunlight Taxi Group’s Choi Wei Yee. In the Technology Entrepreneur category, Norman Abdul Halim of Kru Studios Sdn Bhd is among the three shortlisted for the final round. The other two are Wong