WOMEN BUSINESS CENTER

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

This will involve the impartation of skills, which will enable participants to capitalize on business opportunities.

It will involve training participants in practical entrepreneurial skills which will equip them to run and manage their own businesses.

We will also provide intensive Market Research to establish opportunities to create and grow sustainable businesses for individuals.

STARTING UP NEW BUSINESSES

Individuals will be train to identify and capitalize on a niche using their own proficiency.

This will involve providing expert assistance in:

Þ Business planning

Þ Access to finance

Þ Registration and structuring of business

Þ Administration and finance

Partners and experts will be available to provide their assistance.

TECHNICAL TRAINING

This will involve training participants in the skills needed to run the specific businesses that will capitalize on the opportunities identified by the individual.

MENTORING AND SUPPORRT

The establishment of a mentoring and support programme to provide ongoing support to participants who have started a new business or who are growing an existing one.

This will include amongst others, business leaders, corporate volunteerism, peer mentoring, clubs and societies, churches, community structures and mature members of the community.

ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES

As noted by Director for ILO office in Pretoria [Dr. E. Kenneth Andoh - 24 July 2003], “enterprise creation, innovation and business growth are an important part of employment policies that can address one of the endemic problems of developing countries, which is the lack of demand for formal jobs.

It is an undeniable fact that higher rates of enterprise creation are associated with higher levels of employment.”