With an estimated funding value of 14 million riyals, the First Women Entrepreneurs Forum in Hail announced the support and establishment of 70 funded projects by the National Women’s Entrepreneurship Institute’s Hail branch to facilitate the exchange of expertise.

Outstanding projects by successful female entrepreneurs were showcased to inspire other female entrepreneurs to develop their own projects and to present modern marketing methods and techniques, Ibtisam Al-Shammari, director of the Hail branch of the National Women’s Entrepreneurship Institute, said that the forum strengthens the status of young Saudi women and their contributions to the development of the business sector.

Several topics were discussed, including the institution’s role in achieving Saudi Vision 2030 (a thriving economy—supporting small and medium-sized enterprises and productive households) and entrepreneurship.