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Sadaffe Abid
EducationB.A Economics, International relations. Masters in Public Administration, Mount Holyoke College (1995), Harvard Business school (2008)
OccupationSocial entrepreneur
TitleFounder CIRCLE, She loves tech

Sadaffe Abid is a social entrepreneur from Karachi, Pakistan and the former COO and CEO of Kashf Foundation. She is the founder of tech-organization CIRCLE, and its current CEO.[1][2] She is also a Vice Chairperson of Pakistan Microfinance Network.[3]

Personal life

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Sadaffe hails from the city of Karachi. She was born into a military family[4] due to which she moved to many different places along with her parents. Her family had been posted to Khariaan, Noushera, and Rawalpindi.[5]

She attended Army Public School until 6th grade and later joined a private school Beacon House School system in her 7th grade. Sadaffe did her B.A in economics, International relations from Mount Holyoke College and graduated in 1995.[6] She then went to Harvard Business School in 2008 and attended Advanced Management Program in 2009 from INSEAD.[7] Sadaffe has also completed her Master's in Public Administration from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.[8][9][10]

Career

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She joined the Kashf Foundation as a founding team member in April 1997, and created a non-profit, micro-finance and wealth management organization.[11] The foundation is the first Micro Finance Institution (MFI) in Pakistan.[12][13] She served the Kashf Foundation for 8 years as the COO and then 2 years as the CEO of the organization.[14][15] During her time at Kashf, Sadaffe expanded the organization.[4][16] During her tenure, Kashf received the AGFUND International Prize and Grameen Trust Microfinance Excellence Award.[6][17]

She has since then also served as a CEO of Buksh Foundation, another micro finance institution.[18][19] She has also worked as a Gulf Representative at Mercy Corps in Dubai and a guest lecturer at CEDEP at INSEAD. Sadaffe has also worked at National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), where she is in the board of directors and Chair of Inclusive Committee.[20][14][21]

She is currently running an enterprise she co-founded called CIRCLE; a tech-organization encouraging women in tech ventures.[22][23] She is a consultant for the International Finance Corporation on gender diversity and is a social entrepreneur at INSEAD. Since 2014, Sadaffe has also lectured on social entrepreneurship at CEDEP, INSEAD.[6][24]

Sadaffe is also on the board of Pakistan Microfinance Network, UN Women Pakistan Civil Society Advisory Council and Indus Earth.[25][26] She is an advisor to the global Dell Women Entrepreneurship Network (DWEN).[14][27]

Circle

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Sadaffe stated that her goal is “Women Economic Empowerment and Inclusion”.[28][29] She founded CIRCLE to empower women through technology.[30][31] CIRCLE is a social tech-enterprise aimed at improving women's economic empowerment to help build and develop the entrepreneurial and leadership capacity of women.[32][33] The organization has been working in Pakistan since 2014 to provide economic participation and empowerment to women in the IT sector.[34][35]

References

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  1. ↑ "Women who are taking the tech industry by storm". Disrupt Magazine. 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2020-11-18.[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ "The female economy". The Express Tribune. 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  3. ↑ Mansoor, Ahsan (2020-06-25). "Mr. Ghalib Nishtar and Ms. Sadaffe Abid elected as new Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the PMN Board". Pakistan Microfinance Network. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  4. 1 2 "Pakistani businesswoman Sadaffe Abid makes it her mission to empower women". The National. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  5. ↑ Wani, Shahrukh (2018-04-26). "Millennial Exclusive: Interview with CIRCLE CEO Sadaffe Abid". Medium. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  6. 1 2 3 "Sadaffe Abid '95 – Alumnae Association". Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  7. ↑ "Curated Round Table with Queen Maxima of the Netherlands as UNSGA Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development – November 25 2019 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs". mofa.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  8. ↑ "Sadaffe Abid". ash.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  9. ↑ "The Time is Now: Gender Equity and Women in Leadership". www.aku.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  10. ↑ admin (2017-01-19). "Australian HC Visits CIRCLE Pakistan & Shares Insights on Women's Empowerment". Daily Lead Pakistan. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  11. ↑ "Kashf Foundation". kashf.org. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  12. ↑ "UIT Women Economic Empowerment Circle's Meetup". UrduPoint. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  13. ↑ "She Loves Tech | Islamabad Round of Pitches | StartupDotPK". www.startup.pk. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  14. 1 2 3 "Board of Director - NBP". www.nbp.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  15. ↑ Kashf foundation. "Annual report" (PDF).
  16. ↑ "Revolutionizing Business: Women in Entrepreneurship – Jinnah Institute". Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  17. ↑ "Sadaffe Abid". Pond's. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  18. ↑ lhrtimes (23 September 2017). "women's workplace empowerment".
  19. ↑ pakistantoday (21 August 2020). "Tech Startup".
  20. ↑ "NBP hosts meeting to discuss issues of NBMFIs, their customers". The Nation. 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  21. ↑ Abid, Sadaffe (2020-01-23). "Improving parity". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  22. ↑ "CIRCLE: a new chapter for female empowerment in Pakistan". Pi Media. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  23. ↑ "A good season for innovation and a great season for women! | UNDP in Pakistan". UNDP. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  24. ↑ "Sadaffe Abid". Cultivating Leadership. Archived from the original on 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  25. ↑ "Sadaffe Abid". Indus Earth Trust. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  26. ↑ "Salim Ghauri hosts CIRCLE fellows at NETSOL". GENglobal. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  27. ↑ Maqbool, Ayesha (2017-06-12). ""She Loves Tech" competition by CIRCLE Pakistan". NetMag Pakistan. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  28. ↑ "CIRCLE brings Back's the World's Largest Tech Competition – Daily News". Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  29. ↑ Yameen, Ahsan (2016-11-18). "Mr. Salim Ghauri hosts CIRCLE fellows for lunch at NETSOL for Global Entrepreneurship Week". Pakistan Technology Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  30. ↑ Siraj, Unaiza (2020-03-07). "Pakistan needs to harness the potential of its women to become stronger: Sadaffe Abid". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  31. ↑ "CIRCLE". Mount Holyoke College. 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  32. ↑ "Leaving behind a digital foot print: Sadaffe Abid". Daily Times. 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  33. ↑ "CIRCLE to empower 10,000 women". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  34. ↑ ""Technology is a great equaliser and an enabler" — Sadaffe Abid Founder and CEO, CIRCLE Pakistan". Newsline. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  35. ↑ startupguide.pk (2019-06-23). "Sadaffe Abid On Championing Women Empowerment". Startup Guide Pakistan. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
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