ECOWAS, NEPAD SIGN AGREEMENT TO EMPOWER AFRICA'S RURAL WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 16, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- ECOWAS and NEPAD have signed an agreement worth one million Euro for the empowerment of Africa's rural women entrepreneurs.
The accord for the grant provided by the Kingdom of Spain through the NEPAD-Spain Fund was initialled on Thursday, 12th July 2012 at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, by the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo, and the Executive Secretary of the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency, Dr.Ibrahim Assane Mayaki.
Female entrepreneurs are critical in the emerging African seed value chain, from farmer-growers, to dealers, distributors, agri-input providers, lenders, breeders and seed company staff, including executives.
This initiative is funded by Spain and supported by ECOWAS. African Seed Networks welcomes this initiative, and hopes that it will support the many new businesswomen in Africa.
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