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| Olusegun Awolowo |
According
to the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of NEPC, Olusegun Awolowo, increasing participation of Nigerian women in
global trade by lowering the barriers faced by women entrepreneurs at home and
internationally, and helping more businesswomen to connect to international
value chains, would bolster growth and gender inclusiveness in economic growth.
“Today we are focusing on partnership for better integration of
women into the economic fabric of Nigeria through connecting them to global
trade. Women are the backbone of practically all economies, especially the
informal economy. Therefore we must join other countries by working together to
boldly make women business enterprises a significant contributor to the country’s
economy and revenue,” said
Awolowo.
Speaking
at the just concluded “Empowering Women to Trade through SheTrades Initiative”,
which was held in three locations across the country, Awolowo said effort by
the Council to achieve the 200, 000 target has started yielding result as the
Council and International Trade Centre (ITC) are presently training over 15,
000 women entrepreneurs as part of measures to increase their awareness on the
SheTrades platform, improving their visibility and the use of trade intelligence
as well as strengthening Trade and Investment support Institutions (TISIs) to
enhance policies for benefits of exporting entrepreneurs. http://www.tectono-business.com/2016/02/contemporary-step-by-step-guide-to.html
“It is for this reason that taking gender into account matters when
developing and implementing trade policy as placing women at the heart of
global policymaking will go a long way towards realising the United Nations
2030 Agenda goal of achieving gender equality and empowering all women and
girls,” he
explained.
He
identified the key sectors for promotion of women in export to include textiles
and apparel, agribusiness, handicrafts, computer data storage units, beauty,
make-up & skin-care preparations, information services, telecommunications,
computer, and information services, accounting (professional services). http://www.tectono-business.com/2016/02/contemporary-step-by-step-guide-to.html
He
added that if Nigeria and indeed African women hope to maximize the huge
opportunities in international trade, there is need for governments at all
levels to recognize women as key players in the economy. (Guardian)
Have you heard this? Many
Nigerian exporters have been defrauded of huge amount of money in the process
of exporting commodities to foreign countries. Do you know why? They were not
trained on export operations, management, documentations and the best methods
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