Business to Biryani: 13 Key Takeaways From Ivanka-Modi GES Address

Ivanka Trump arrived in Hyderabad on Tuesday, 28 November to attend the 8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit.

Ivanka Trump and PM Narendra Modi at GES 2017.

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Ivanka Trump, daughter of and advisor to US President Donald Trump, today pitched for access to capital and equitable laws for women entrepreneurs, saying that closing the gender entrepreneurship gap could grow global GDP by up to 2 percent.

In her keynote address at the 8th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), she said that despite the soaring rate of female entrepreneurs, women still face steep obstacles to starting, owning, and growing their businesses.

Ivanka is leading a delegation of senior Trump administration officials for the event. The world’s largest gathering of young entrepreneurs is being co-hosted by India and the United States.

Here is Ivanka Trump’s full speech:

Here are some of the key highlights from the keynote address of Ivanka Trump:

Our Govt Has Taken Several Step to Improve Business Environment: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the stage after Ivanka Trump to address the summit where he hailed women entrepreneurship in India and spoke about the various initiatives taken by his government to make the business environment in India easy flowing.

Here is the full speech of PM Narendra Modi:

Here are the highlights from his keynote address:

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