The winners of the 40 scholarships of the LEADS Academy for Women Program of INCAE, in partnership with Coope Ande, were selected and are ready to begin training and receive business support to learn how to accelerate their businesses.
Of the 40 selected, 20 are from San José, 8 from Heredia, 5 from Alajuela, 4 from Cartago, 2 from Guanacaste and 1 from Limón. Their business areas range from health care (9), product distribution (6), industry and chemicals (5), business consulting (32), agriculture (2), food service (2), food packaging or production (2), services (2), construction (2), textiles and jewelry (2), and technology (2), communication (2), and beauty services (1).
They are the winners of the LEADS Academy for Women scholarship:
"For Coope Ande it is a great honor to be part of this great program that will support and promote even more the economic development of Costa Rica. All these women we are sure will achieve their goal of growing their businesses and with them will improve the lives of many people around them," said Luis Diego Zamora Castro, commercial services manager of Coope Ande.
The development program, which lasts approximately one year, begins with virtual classes, and continues with personalized mentoring for 6 months to develop and implement a customized and robust acceleration plan. In August they will meet face-to-face at the INCAE Campus to present their projects, finish fine-tuning their training in project presentation skills, as well as develop networking opportunities.
"We are very excited about this project. The 40 women entrepreneurs will strengthen their business management skills, as well as their leadership, networking and negotiation skills with suppliers, financiers and other essential allies for the growth of their businesses. We know that by empowering women entrepreneurs and their businesses we enhance the well-being and social progress of their families and communities," said Camelia Ilie, Dean and President of the Center for Inclusive and Sustainable Leadership - CELIS.
