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Shedid and Beaino award winners of Femme Francophone Entrepreneur 2019
27-9-2019
Rosabelle Shedid and Rayan Beaino won yesterday, the Femme Francophone Entrepreneur Award 2019 organised by the Agence Universitaire pour la Francophonie (AUF), Berytech, L’Orient Le Jour and Le Commerce du Levant magazine, which was sponsored this year by the minister of state for the economic empowerment of women and youth, Violette Khairallah Safadi . Each winner received 10,000 euros, noting that contestants were 60 women in total, five of whom were short listed for the finals. To recall, Beaino is the founder of ‘Mushtic” a company that produces a biodegradable substitute for polystyrene, while Shedid is the founder of “C Green” a company that treats the sewage sludge, one of the most dangerous waste for the environment in Lebanon. During the final ceremony , AUF regional director, Herve Saburan, highlighted the quality of the projects presented and the ability of women to meet the needs of the local ecosystem, while the representative of USJ president, Dolla Sarkis, noted that “the image of women is still weak in Lebanon in many fields, especially in the world of business”. For her part, Minister Safadi stressed that the participation of women in the business world is a pivotal step towards equality of rights between men and women and speed up economic development. (L’Orient Le Jour, September 27, 2019)
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