Women in
Sub-Saharan Africa, has been identified as most confident entrepreneurs in the
area of doing businesses by WEConnect International. WEConnect International is
a Non -profit Organisation connecting women-owned businesses with multinational
corporate purchasing organisations outside of the United States, while
weconnect international in Nigeria identifies, educates, register and certifies
women business enterprises that are at least 51 percent owned managed and
controlled by one or more women.
In a
media chart at the just concluded WEConnect International Exhibition and
Matchmaker, held in Nigeria, Executive Director, WEConnect International,
Nigeria, Ms. Comfort Sakoma, said that the number of Nigerian women owned
businesses that joined the group has grown to over 600 from zero at which it
started.
To join,
she said its free registration on it website to get sense of the business and a
certification process begins with facilities tour to know the strength of the
business. Sakoma highlighted that women entrepreneurs face the of having a mind
set that innovation is not a priority and a mind set that they cannot do
businesses with multinational operations.
According
to her, “One benefit of Wecoonect is that the Nigerian woman entrepreneur gets
access to market. Sub-Saharan Africa has the most confident women
entrepreneurs, what that means is that the women entrepreneurs in this part of
the world feels most confidence of their ability to be successful as business
owners.”
In the
same vein, CEO/ Co-Founder WEConnect International, Mrs. Elizabeth Vazquez,
added that women entrepreneurs must learn to think big and about its role in
the society, saying, “men cannot be the only one creating jobs, we must think
how to translate our dreams into a business and identifying the huge
opportunity available to buy and sell.”
However,
the exhibition was Co-Chaired by Ernest and Young, Accenture and ExxonMobile
while the Gold spensors include: Etisalat Nigeria, Dana Air, Nigeria Bottling
Company (NBC) among others.
Vanguard
reports.
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