Ecobank Launches Women Empowerment Project
Ecobank Cameroon, part of the leading
pan-African Ecobank Group, officially launches its flagship
Women’s Programme ‘Elevate’ to
empower and support women-led and/or women-focused businesses with the
financial and value-added solutions that will help their businesses reach their full potential and Ecobank Cameroon launches ‘Elevate’ programme to empower succeed. Lire aussi : Fraude fiscalo-douanière: Une dizaine de camions saisis
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for about 90% of all businesses in Africa and women own about a third of all registered African SMEs. Indeed, one-in-four (25.9%) of adult women in Africa start or manage a business. However, women have not enjoyed equal access to high quality, demand driven financial services and it is estimated that women-owned SMEs face a US$42 billion financing gap, making lack of access to financing a common constraint to their business growth. Lire aussi