The Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 on Thursday concluded in Hyderabad with a call to men to identify and work to remove the barriers coming in the way of women entrepreneurs all over the world.
The 3-day event, the biggest gathering of emerging startups and the new entrepreneurs had brought together 1,500 delegates from more than a hundred countries with a focus on the women in business. Mark Green, administrator of US Agency for International Development, one of the key speakers at the closing plenary, said, “this is the time for women entrepreneurs. As they rise, we all rise”. Mark Green, who also announced a new effort “Feed the Future”, which empowers women led enterprise to take their food business to next level, said, “we are feeling the energy, optimism and hopefulness that come with women entrepreneurs having their moment”.
The GES, jointly hosted by the Governments of India and the USA, was attended by high profile personalities like the PM Narendra Modi, and advisor to the US President Ivanka Trump, Cherie Blair, founder of Cheire Blair Foundation.