Visa, the global leader in digital payments, has announced Visa Fintech Initiative: Sri Lanka (VFI) to drive fintech innovation in the island nation. As the country prepares to tide over difficult times, the Visa Fintech Initiative: Sri Lanka program, in partnership with Hatch, aims to empower local fintechs to build payment solutions that solve digital […]
Sri Lanka’s first accelerator program tailored for the country’s female founders, AccelerateHER, which recently held its finale event ‘Demo Day’. The program’s six recent graduates presented their products and services and pitched for the opportunity to receive investment and support from partners in Sri Lanka, USA and other parts of the world in effectively taking […]
The pilot programme launched earlier this year in June 2022, ALKE in partnership with Hatch Maker Studio curated an interactive course that brought together 6 amateurs into a creative space that fostered the creative process with a mindful and emotionally active approach. Sarah Nazoor, founder of ALKE and KICKASS alum designed the program to deliver […]
As humans, discomfort is something we avoid. But what if I told you, it is the very signal that takes you out of your mental cage and leads you to achieve what you’ve always wanted. That is, if you let it. I’m Shenali, let me compel you to stay in your discomfort zone by sharing […]
Yes, you read that right. But let me start from the beginning. W̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶b̶a̶b̶y̶. If asked what I feared the most, from a list of irrational fears such as cockroaches and snakes, interviews were at the top of my list. It may not be the same fear that might make someone jump […]
By: Minuri Adasuriya This is exactly the question I got asked by many of the generation before me in Sri Lanka when I boldly announced over a Facebook status (in true Millennial fashion) in November 2020 that I will be taking a career break. Giving up a stable cushy job with a fantastic global company […]
