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“Giving equal economic opportunities to women can unlock the kind of development potential that the world economy so badly needs.”

Roberto Azevédo,
Director General, World Trade Organization

“We won’t win the match with half the team on the bench. Empowering women economically is critical to achieve gender equality and the Global (Sustainability) Goals (to 2030).”

Ban Ki-moon,
Secretary General of the United Nations

"Economic parity between the sexes is one of the most challenging gender gaps today and could take 170 years to achieve."

The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2016

"A ‘best in region’ scenario in which all countries match the rate of improvement of the fastest-improving country in their region could add as much as $12 Trillion, or 11 percent, in annual 2025 GDP."

McKinsey Global Institute’s (MGI),
“The Power of Parity”

"Quantum Leaps organized an excellent expert roundtable in partnership with ITC in Washington DC in November 2016. This event allowed us to share with policymakers, international institutions and NGOs, progress on the SheTrades Call to Action, which seeks to connect one million women entrepreneurs to market by 2020, and to discuss ITC's research on SME competitiveness."

Arancha González,
Executive Director, International Trade Centre

For over three decades, Quantum Leaps’ Co-Founder has catalyzed strategic initiatives and created transformational solutions to fuel women’s enterprise development around the globe. We generate knowledge, provide advocacy training, transform policies, build entrepreneurial capacity, create jobs and grow economies.

Knowledge Development

Knowledge is foundational. We tailor Quantum’s solutions to geographical and cultural contexts, and ensure that our engagement is a multiplier for local, state, national or regional stakeholders across the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Conduct action research to make the business and economic case for women’s enterprise development, and measure progress with a Scorecard
Map women entrepreneurial ecosystems to identify strengths, gaps and obstacles, and develop Roadmaps to 2030 aligned with UN Sustainability Development Goals
Create tailored policy and program recommendations for cities, countries and regions

Advocacy

Strategically-aligned interventions to national policy structures are a foundation piece for changes of consequence and economic growth.

Train women’s business association partners and other stakeholders on advocacy and public policy
Promote women’s economic impact with data, a persuasive business case, and evidence-based policy and program recommendations
Help partners overcome policymaker resistance

Capacity Building

Interventions enhance the efficiency of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, as well as the capabilities of women operating within it.

Train women-owned firms to scale, enter non-traditional sectors, move up the value chain, and become more competitive
Facilitate access to markets and access to finance, including fintech and Blockchain
Develop Mobile Training solutions
Connect national procurement needs with scalable, women-owned firms
Promote knowledge sharing and best practices through face-to-face and virtual exchanges, at national, regional and global levels

Incubation

Our incubation program nurtures strategic initiatives that can either be integrated into Quantum Leaps’ existing framework, or spun off into new organizations.

Incubate initiatives that link women entrepreneurs with high-growth opportunities
Build networks of global partners to increase women’s participation in such areas as innovation, the green economy, and international trade
Launch the FutureForward innovation initiative, a multi-year platform of action-oriented research, thought leadership, knowledge-building forums, partnership development, awareness raising, advocacy and policymaking.