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Announcing Digitalisation Innovation Programme: Womenprenuer 2025
The team at UOB FinLab is excited to announce our first programme for the year – the 2025 edition of our Digitalisation Innovation Programme, Womenpreneur (D.I.P:W).
D.I.P:W 2025 is designed to build a community and empower female entrepreneurs through mentorship, business transformation, and growth with digital innovation. The programme is tailored to female entrepreneurs, business owners and managerial positions who own or manage small to medium businesses.
This year’s programme is perfect for womenpreneurs looking to develop critical skills like financial management, branding, marketing and digitalisation strategies through engaging workshops. The programme will grant participants access to mentors from UOB’s leaders and partners such as SAP, BCG and AWS. Participants will also gain opportunities to network with other female professionals and collaborate on business initiatives.
D.I.P:W 2025 will be organised into five key pillars designed to equip womenpreneurs with the necessary knowledge to thrive as an entrepreneur in today’s day and age. Each pillar will consist of a series of workshops and discussions to help participants understand the best practices and master their skillset.
Pillar 1: Business transformation
Pillar 2: Brand and Marketing Strategies
Pillar 3: Business Resilience
Pillar 4: Innovation and Scalability
Pillar 5: Community Building and Support
The key dates for this year’s programme are as follows:
11 April 2025 – Womenpreneur Networking Session.
- D.I.P:W 2025 will kick off with an evening networking event on 11 April 2025.
23-29 April 2025- Digital Innovation Programme, Womenpreneur 2025.
- The main two-week programme will take place from 23 April to 29 April 2025 and will consist of a series of engaging workshops, sharing sessions and networking opportunities.
May-July – Mentorship follow up.
- Post D.I.P:W, the programme mentors will arrange for group consultations and 1-1 sessions to ensure the womenpreneurs are on the right track for their next stage of business growth and transformation.
A group photo of D.I.P:W 2024 programme participants.
Building on a successful 2024 D.I.P:W
UOB FinLab’s D.I.P:W programme in 2024 received tremendous feedback and was a huge success. The programme connected female entrepreneurs with industry experts and professional mentors who provided individualised feedback relevant to their specific business challenges. Participants also learned about financial literacy, business model canvas development, e-commerce, and digital strategies.
As a result of the overwhelming response last year, we launched our first two-day masterclass workshop titled Digitalisation Innovation Programme: Womenpreneur+ (D.I.P:W+) to complement the base D.I.P:W programme and cover new topics that are crucial to the success of any business. The topics include crafting a brand narrative, effective marketing channels and LinkedIn strategies for organic growth. The programme was held over two days and consisted of three insightful masterclasses conducted by industry experts.
Our 2024 edition nurtured strong relationships amongst the womenpreneurs. Many of them continued to stay in close contact and even explored business collaborations. You may find out more about what our previous womenpreneurs said about the programme here.
UOB FinLab will continue to support womenpreneurs through our programmes, which are designed to impart knowledge, skills and access to our vast network of over 32,000 professionals across ASEAN.
Announcing Digitalisation Innovation Programme: Womenprenuer 2025
