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APEC Women’s Business Activator Program 2025 Intake

Women get just 2% of global finance and less access to education. The APEC Women's Business Activator participants from China, Malaysia, PNG, the Philippines and beyond described how the program gave them clarity, practical business frameworks, and a peer network to identify the right markets for growth. The recurring thread across testimonials is less about the training content itself and more about solidarity, participants repeatedly frame the value as discovering they're not alone in facing these barriers.

Find out more about the amazing women entrepreneurs selected as part of the 2025 APEC Women’s Business Activator Program​​​​​​

Emily Owens: 

Toffee Collective

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Maggie Timbi: 

Project Two Mile

Erina Zahara binti Ellias:

Zaahara

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Eniza Fasiha binti Ellias:

Skinny Bakers

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Natalie Yoke Kei Loi:

UnBound

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Parimala Kanapura:

SP Juara Sdn Bhd.

Judy Ramirez:

Production & Export Ramirez Sac

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Dianne Stephany Guerra Astudillo:

Corporation G&A Sac

Phan Nhu Quynh Dang:

Saigon Food Manufacture

 

Thi Mo Nguyen:

Abroader

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Hoang Kim Ngan Tran:

Kim Vu Fabrics & Fashion Ltd. Co.

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Thi Thu Huong Luu:

Grandma Lu’s​

Xun Ji: 

Rare & Roll

Gabriela Rivera Hernandez:

Productora y Distribuidora La Esperanza

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Dr. Imelda Escamilla Bouchan:

VLIM

Mishal Uriel Arnaiz:

Universal Skin Cosmeceuticals Ltd. Co.

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Ma Catherina Ajas:

Bags in the City Manila Co.

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Maria Angela Rausch:

Animation Vertigo

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Mary Lizabeth Lu:

Leveret

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Venus Hourani:

Art N Nature Mfg. Corp.

 

Helen Ruth Cagadoc:

See’s International Food Mfg.

Elisa Effendy: 

Engliven

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Jessica Lokasari: 

CV Cahaya Sinar Terang

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Vergita Lewin Rizki Handoko: 

Labuna Nusantara

Athenasius Tina Duma:

A.D. Training

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Luania Angela Temu:

Savitec Ltd.

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Diana Wally Guria:

SME Corp.

Varongsri Poothakool:

Math Talent by Dr. Ying

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The APEC Women’s Business Activator Program is supported by the Australian Government and implemented by the Australian APEC Study Centre and RMIT Activator.

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