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Exim Bank Tanzania launched a women-based product, ‘Supa Woman,’ as a transformative programme aimed at unlocking the potential of women in Tanzania. This programme is designed to hone business skills, offer mentoring, and exposure to networking, and provide access to capital and institutions, as well as equip them with the tools required to succeed in businesses of their choice.
Exim Bank Tanzania launched a women-based product, ‘ Supa Woman,’ as a transformative programme aimed at unlocking the potential of women in Tanzania. This programme is designed to hone business skills, offer mentoring, exposure to networking, and provide access to capital and institutions, as well as equip them with the tools required to succeed in businesses of their choice.
Presiding over the launch of the second ‘Edition of The African Business Women and Youth Trade Fair and Summit 2023 with the theme – Strengthening African Women and Youth Businesses for a sustainable tomorrow- John Mongella, Arusha Regional Commissioner, said that this would be an opportunity for Tanzanian women to explore any business opportunity within their reaches. Commenting on the product, he said it was in line with the government’s call that encourages financial institutions in the country to develop various services and products, which support the vast majority of women economically.
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Earlier, speaking at the occasion organised by the Tanzania Women Empowerment Network (TAWEN) in collaboration with the East African Business Council (EABC) with the purpose of promoting the participation of women and youth in trade, Exim Bank’s Board Director Irene Mlola, said the event provided the financial institution with an opportunity to meet its key stakeholders, adding that women empowerment remain the bank’s important pillar of economic development plans. The bank believes that real economic prosperity can be achieved more easily by investing in women.
Women empowerment and entrepreneurship is increasingly viewed as a fundamental basis in economic growth and that is why Exim has come up with the ‘Supa Woman’ product aimed at supporting the right perspective, she further said.
