Virginia Coutinho Fund to support future women leaders in Mozambique

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Virginia Coutinho Fund to support future women leaders in Mozambique

7:47 CAT | 26 Apr 2021

Virginia Countinho loved Mozambique, where she worked as a volunteer.

The founder and CEO of the Lisbon Digital School passed away this Tuesday of an oncological disease. The family is continuing her solidarity project through the Girls Move Association.

Portuguese entrepreneur Virginia Coutinho, considered one of the best-informed specialists regarding social networks in the country, died of cancer on Tuesday at the age of 36. The founder and CEO of the Lisbon Digital School of Marketing leaves a legacy in training and international solidarity.

Virginia Coutinho had for several weeks been preparing the launch of a fund, through the Girls Move Association, to support a new generation of women leaders in Mozambique, a country with which she had a special connection. The initiative will be maintained by the family, according to a statement released this Wednesday.

“She said that there was a good point in what happened, being able to plan, telling people that she loved them. She regrets not having seen everyone she liked. It will be the Virginia Coutinho fund to help young teenagers in Mozambique, a country she loved so much. In addition to your donation, there is a request to anyone who wants to contribute, so that the beautiful world that Gi [as she was affectionately called by friends] believed could be, comes one step closer,” her loved ones explain.

Author of “The Social Book: Everything you need to know about Facebook”, Virginia Coutinho was also a trainer at Google’s Digital Marketing Studio, the founder and co-host of the Upload Lisboa event and founder of a brand of necklaces, bracelets, bags, made with traditional African fabric called Kutsaka, (which means “to be happy”, in Shangaan).

A graduate in Marketing Communication from the Escola Superior de Educação of the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, and with a master’s degree in Business Management from the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, her academic training also took her to the United Kingdom, where she attended the London College of Fashion, at the University of the Arts, London, studying Visual Merchandising and Space Management.

Recently, Coutinho was a speaker at the event “Speaking of Europe”, a program supported by the European Commission and the Office of the European Parliament in Portugal. “Even in areas like psychology or law, you will have to understand the digital and technological tools to do your job well. It is estimated that 50% of the jobs that currently exist will disappear by 2025. It will transform the way we look at jobs, and many new professions will emerge,” she told the students who attended the online session.

Virginia Coutinho passed away on Tuesday, April 20, at the age of 35. On April 12, she shared on Facebook that, six weeks previously, she had been diagnosed with a rare intrahepatic cancer in the bile ducts.

You can contribute to the Virginia Coutinho Fund at IBAN PT50003300004548587001605.