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Biya — an online sales platform for plant-based and chemical-free merchandise that wants to bring India’s cottage industry into the limelight. A startup founded by Pooja Singh and Prateesha Malik sells Manipur’s traditional Longpi pottery crafts. The stone pottery is done from a mixed paste of black serpentine stone and special brown clay. The founders believe in “sustainable living practices ” and ensure that all their processes are “completely plant-based.”

Read the original article here: https://gulfnews.com/business/retail/indias-women-owned-startup-biya-offers-online-platform-for-countrys-cottage-industries-1.1637910050109

Happy Vanuatu Unity Day to all celebrating! More than 100 different languages are spoken among Vanuatu’s diverse population  making national unity of key importance and celebrated with its own special holiday! 

Champions of Business is an annual awards programme initiated by the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Each inductee is carefully selected who had distinguished himself/herself as an exemplar in the world of business and entrepreneurship. This year, the chamber will induct Angela Lee Loy and Dr Krishna Bahadoorsingh.
Angela Lee Loy, chairperson and founder of Aegis Business Solutions Ltd, is one of TT’s most accomplished and experienced female entrepreneurs. Lee Loy is a global business leader who is involved in multiple industries across various sectors and disciplines. Since 2005, 37 individuals have been inducted into the TT Chamber’s Business Hall of Fame.

Read the original article here: https://newsday.co.tt/2021/10/28/business-hall-of-fame-2021-angela-lee-loy-krishna-bahadoorsingh-to-be-inducted/