Victoria Kisyombe is the Founder and Managing Director of Sero Lease and Finance Limited (SELFINA) in Tanzania. She is a veterinarian (Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania, Edinburgh University in the UK). After personal experiences she founded SELFINA which is focused on empowering women economically through lease finance. Today she is recognized locally and internationally as a global leader who has used innovation, initiative and determination to empower and improve livelihoods of thousands of women and their families in her country. Victoria has received international awards including the Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2010 or the 2014 Global Leadership Award by Hillary Clinton through Vital Voices.