Women
Business Mogul Explains Need For Women Entrepreneurship
Chairman of Heirs
Holdings, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Transcorp Plc, Mr Tony Elumelu, has said that investing in women is one of the smartest ways to go about solving the economic as well as social needs of Africa.
Mr Tony Elumelu, who made the remark at a forum on exhibition of Nigerian Women in Export recently in Abuja, explained that the SDGs had to focus on women empowerment as a necessary commitment in alleviating poverty.
Meanwhile, he has challenged the underestimation of the capacity of women in private sector to contribute to national development, validating his remark by sharing the significant value created by the female beneficiaries of the $100 million of his entrepreneurship foundation who are impacting their communities in many ways.