A Woman's world-Women entrepreneurs in Ghana win international proposal to empower more women in business

The Ghana chapter of the African Women's Entrepreneurship Programme (AWEP)emerged winners for an international competition. AWEP's entrepreneurship team in 2012 submitted the winning proposal out of about 250 from the continent, aimed at mentoring, supporting and training more women to be entrepreneurs. As part of the award the team received support from the United States government for the project and this year graduated it first batch of women entrepreneurs.

The graduating participants displayed their works and products, including clothes, shoes, furniture, drinks and so on, but the key thing is they were all made in Ghana. President of AWEP Ghana Mrs Comfort Adjahoe-Jennings congratulated and asked to continue learning through self discovery and experiences. Madam Comfort asked Ghana government to financially help with the training of these women entrepreneur-exporters, managers, producers, manufacturers etc.

AWEP was launched by former US secretary of state Hilary Clinton in 2010 to encourage women entrepreneurs in Africa to take advantage of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

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