Founder of the National Association of Business Women of Malawi- Dr Joyce Banda is an influential advocate for improving the quality of life in Malawi by empowering thousands of women to become economically self-reliant. Frustrated by red tape she encountered as a woman,Dr Joyce Banda founded the NABW in order to boost the status of all women - by giving them access to credit, training, information, markets and appropriate technology. So far, NABW has mobilized 15,000 women countrywide, disbursed US$2,000,000 in loans, and trained 12,000 women to run their own businesses. Sixty percent of the women live are rural. In Malawi, women entrepreneurs have moved progressively up the economic ladder from trading to small businesses to village industries formerly dominated by men, such as lime, soap and timber making, and small-scale manufacturing. With vision, leadership and inspiration,Dr Joyce Banda has become a global asset for improving the well-being of the people of her country and the rest of Africa. In 2012, Dr. Joyce Banda became President of the Republic of Malawi and was the featured Keynote Speaker at The Hunger Projects 2013
Posted on: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 04:34:49 +0000
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