Sheraa selects 14 female founders for six-month Sharjah Women Impact Fellowship (SWIF) programme

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) has selected 14 women entrepreneurs with established ventures and demonstrated business traction for the second edition of the Sharjah Women Impact Fellowship (SWIF), a six-month programme designed to achieve successive stages of business growth. ”Supporting founders through the next stage of growthGuided by Sheraa’s LEAD Framework, a structured leadership model designed to help founders.

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”Supporting founders through the next stage of growthGuided by Sheraa’s LEAD Framework, a structured leadership model designed to help founders strengthen the personal and operational capabilities needed to grow resilient businesses, the selected entrepreneurs will undertake a six-month journey combining coaching, mentorship and practical learning with access to strategic networks and Sheraa’s wider entrepreneurship ecosystem.

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