Posts Tagged ‘women entrepreneurs’

Microfinance Focus, Aug 12, 2010: World Bank’s financial arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC)has signed a two-year agreement with Banco Comercial e de Investimentos (BCI) to expand access its Business Edge and SME Toolkit training solutions targeting 200 women entrepreneurs in business management skills and access to information. The training component will cover topics such as controlling costs, budgeting, business planning, assessing market opportunities, customer service, selling ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, March 1, 2010: Tashkent's Centre of National Art  hosted a ceremony to award the winners of the "Social Support of Family Entrepreneurship" competition on February 23, organized by the Women's Council Public Association and the National Association of Microfinance Organisations and Credit Unions (NAMOCU). Gulnara Karimova, Chairperson of the Women's Council's Organising Committee, presented awards to 128 Uzbek business women. An initiative set up ... Full story