LAUNCH OF THE CAPACITY BUILDING SEMINAR FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS OF WOMEN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION/DRC FOR EXPORTS IN THE ZLECAF
Start this Monday in Kinshasa of the capacity building seminar for women entrepreneurs grouped within the Women Business/DRC association on exports in the African Continental Free Trade Area-ZLECAF, which constitutes a large common market to increase intra-African trade with a customs union
This training, which comes after the 16th meeting of the ZLECAF Council of Trade Ministers held recently in Kinshasa, aims to equip these women entrepreneurs on the regulation of exports on the ZLECAF market and how to benefit from it, and this, by putting in place mechanisms to fight effectively
against the obstacles they face including limited access to financing, harassment, lack of training and difficult access to different markets to sell their products
Giving the go to this training of trainers which will last 5 days, Gabriel Mbemba Sita, Director of Human Resources at the General Secretariat for Foreign Trade, on behalf of the Secretary General for Foreign Trade, Jules Muilu Mbo declared that the ZLECAF constitutes a strategic opportunity for Congolese women entrepreneurs, because informal cross-border trade is in the hands of women in Africa.
The Government of the DRC, through the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, is more than determined to support women in taking advantage of this common African market, he added.
With this sharing of experiences, women entrepreneurs will be well prepared to export their products to the African Continental Free Trade Area-ZLECAF, said Betty Mulanga, President Women Business association-DRC
Note that this training will extend to the provincial level
