Grantee Spotlight: NEWIG launches capacity building project for women entrepreneurs in Ghana
Nov 20, 2015
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The Network of Women in Growth (NEWIG) Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, has launched a project that will build the capacity of women entrepreneurs and small holder farmers in the Adansi South District in the Ashanti Region.
Known as the “Economic governance project,” the two-phased project, funded by the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), seeks to provide integrated services for small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in the area and also create an enabling environment to boost the operations of small-scale farmers to help reduce poverty.
Briefing the Daily Graphic in an interview in Accra, the Executive Director, Mrs Mawusi Nudekor Awity, said the project was meant to empower women with the requisite skills to expand their businesses.
First phase
In view of that, she said, capacity building workshops had been held for three SME groups in gari processing, oil extraction and rice production.
She added that about 60 women were also trained in business management, business advocacy and lobbying skills, product development, packaging and branding, workplace environment and functional literacy and numeracy.
“With these training programmes, we believe that the women will be emboldened to take their businesses to greater heights,” she said.
Technical skills training
Additionally, Mrs Awity explained that a two-day technical and management development skills training programme had been put together for the local service providers who would in turn support the women to access big markets through the compliance of quality standards.
“We believe that with these acquired skills, the women will now be in a better position to collaborate effectively with the district assembly and banks operating in the district and the traditional council on issues including policy formulation that will enhance their businesses and forge better plans ahead,” she noted.