Businesscafe - Sri Lankan tech startup incubator and accelerator StartupX Foundry recently launched its entrepreneurship initiative, “Vyawasayakayanta Athwelak,” a knowledge sharing platform that aims to bridge the gap in entrepreneurial knowledge pertaining to startups, particularly in underserved communities to both guide and encourage rural entrepreneurship.
Businesscafe - The Board Secretaries Forum a joint initiative of The Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID) and Institute of Chartered Corporate Secretaries of Sri Lanka; hosted a webinar and panel discussion on the Role of the FIU and Obligations of Directors and Company Secretaries in complying with Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Requirements recently.
Businesscafe - Uber today announced a partnership with local NGO Voice for Voiceless Foundation to donate dry ration kits worth LKR 6 Million to some of Sri Lanka’s most underserved communities.
Businesscafe - KILINOCHCHI – Representatives of the European Union (EU) ceremoniously handed over homes to owners under the ‘Homes not Houses’ project, a EUR 14 million EU funded project, implemented in the North and East of Sri Lanka.
Businesscafe - Eco Spindles (Private) Limited, a subsidiary of BPPL Holdings PLC, which is Sri Lanka’s largest plastics recycler equipped with one of only two plants in the world capable of creating polyester yarn directly from recycled PET plastic flakes, is the only company from Asia to have won a global IFS Change for Good Sustainability Award in the ‘Most Innovative Solution for Sustainability’ category this year.
Businesscafe - The highly anticipated annual ‘Top50 Professional and Career Women Awards 2021’, has received an outpouring of applications since it opened for entries in September.
Businesscafe - ZENGAGE has expanded its wings in the UK with Scores Consultancy Group after helping over 500 startups and entrepreneurs in seven countries, including Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the Maldives.
Businesscafe - WEConnect International hosted a regional roundtable that included Chargé D’Affaires Patricia A. Lacina of the U.S. Embassy to India, the U.S. Department of State, and more than 85 local and multinational business leaders to present research findings on the status of women-owned businesses in corporate value chains in South Asia.
Businesscafe - Iconic diversified Sri Lankan conglomerate Hayleys PLC announced the successful completion of Phase I in its flagship biodiversity conservation initiative ‘Kirulu’, focused on restoring biological ecosystems and preserving natural habitats within High Conservation Value Areas (HCVAs).
Businesscafe - The Rotary Club of Colombo Mid Town, in collaboration with Mind Heals Private Limited, is organising a webinar series under the theme "Lead Tomorrow" to build essential skills in youth and equip them with skills that will support them to become better leaders.
Businesscafe - This media advisory is intended to clarify, for the benefit of all our stakeholders and especially our friends in the media with regard to the false and baseless rumors being spread with malicious intent around the termination of the arrangement pertaining to rights to operate and manage Jaffna Stallions.
