ADB Funds Women's Business Skills

Posted to the web 13 October 2008 Maputo The African Development Bank (ADB) is financing, to the tune of four million US dollars, a project to empower and develop women's business skills in the central Mozambican provinces of Manica and Sofala. According to the Minister of Women's Affairs and Social Welfare, Virgilia Matabele, the projects, launched formally on Thursday in the Sofala town of Dondo, intend to support the small scale processing of agricultural produce in the districts covered. The project should benefit 350 women's associations, and promote processing in Dondo, Nhamatanda, Gorongosa and Caia districts in Sofala, and Gondola, Sussundenga, Guro and Barue districts in Manica. Matabele told AIM that, apart from specific actions in the area of production, the project will also promote training courses for women in... [read full story]