ECOWAS to Open Business incubator programme for women in West Africa

Tue, Feb 20, 2018 | By publisher


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THE project seeks to address some of the major challenges faced by women involved in small and medium-scaled enterprises in agriculture sectors by providing business support services, developing women’s entrepreneurial skills, access to market and finance as well as awareness of women empowerment and gender equality.

Hence, a pilot business incubator centre for agricultural entrepreneurship will be opened during a launching ceremony scheduled to hold on February 22, 2018 in Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso.

It will be equipped to support 300 women entrepreneurs from rural areas in order to modernize and professionalize their economic activities in the areas of cassava, cereal and fish processing.

The pilot project will cost 245,000 Euros and is estimated to last for 15 months. If successful the programme will be replicated in other countries in West Africa and also in other Regional Economic Communities, RECs, in Africa.

The opening ceremony of the centre will be attended by the Minister in charge of Women Affairs, Agriculture, Industry and Trade of Burkina Faso; Fatimata Dia Sow, the ECOWAS Commissioner for Gender and Social Affairs, and representatives from NEPAD and the Spanish Fund.

– Feb.  20, 2018 @ 15:43 GMT |

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