We must
encourage our women in business because in my opinion, if you empower a woman,
you have in most cases empowered an entire family, if not the entire community.
Let me
refer to the book of all books because it serves as a reminder of what the
Creator had in mind, when He decided to create a woman.
Let’s turn to Genesis 2:
18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man
should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon
Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man,
made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said this is now bone of my bones, and flesh
of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,
and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
As you can see from the bible passage that God has
destined that woman will always play very important roles in the family and
society at large. Any wonder why men always look up to women (mothers, sisters
or wives) for support, companionship, love etc.?
Today, society has through urbanization added new levels
of responsibilities on women, quite a number of them now play the dual role of
taking care of the family as well as pursuing a career or starting a small
business to meet up with the growing cost of living. This is has certainly put
some sort of pressure on them especially women in business.
Most women in business need;
1. Business
support
2. Access to
finance
3. Mentoring
4. Proper
web presence management
Kudos should be given to the following organizations for
deeming it fit to come to the rescue of women in business;
• Enterprise
Development Centre of the Pan-African University. This is one institution that
has stood behind female entrepreneurs through various programs such as the
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Scholarship Initiative
