15/11/2025
Honoured to have been invited to the Women in Tech France Awards last night, held at the prestigious French Senate after a great conference held at École des Ponts Business School
52 nationalities from 7 world regions… and every women & men I met was so inspiring, smart, driven and a real pioneer in their countries. I wished the time could stop to speak to everyone in this outstanding venue (what an honour, thanks to the French senate president and senator Marta de Cidrac for welcoming this ceremony).
Special thanks to Ayumi Moore Aoki Angela Naser Yuki Aizawa 愛澤友己 🇯🇵🇲🇾🇦🇺🇭🇰 Nyla Beth Gawel Erika Reeves Melissa Slaymaker Jessica Freundt and the whole Women in Tech team for building such an impactful global movement. Your work continues to inspire communities and leaders around the world. Big thanks to supporters like Sasha Rubel (AWS) Polina Vasilenko (Heliorec) Rika Nakazawa (NTT) and Manuel Schiappa Pietra (FREEBALANCE) for making events like last night possible.
About WOMEN IN TECH
We are on a mission to empower 5 million women and girls in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) by 2030. Through impactful actions in four core areas-Education, Business, Digital Inclusion, and Advocacy-we build skills and confidence, ensuring women are primed for success in the ever-evolving tech landscape.
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners who are shaping a more inclusive future across continents, from AI and education to entrepreneurship and innovation. Your stories are so inspiring and deserve to be shared widely: Adriana Marais (South Africa) Ivo Haase (Germany / Best Ally!) MOMADE (Mongolia) Nour Taher (Saudi Arabia) Manel Chikh (France) Nathalie KIENGA (Congo) Nidaa Awawda (Palestine) & many more
At , we’re proud to build diverse tech & business teams across Europe, APAC and Africa. We are looking to expand our partnership with Women in tech to support more women-led startups with Startup&Angels - the #1 global startup network - and help this fantastic network and education opportunities relaunch in Australia (poke Marine Rugliano Ines Boudet du Mochet Pooja Nair Celine Wijaya Amil Prema ) and new countries (what about Cameroon Claude BILOA - MBOUA ?!)
Let’s keep bridging opportunities across borders and breaking barriers — together for a more inclusive, smarter and peaceful world.