These Women Creating Wealth Tanzania programme participants graduated at an event held in Dar er Salaam signaling the end of one part of their journey with the Graça Machel Trust's flagship entrepreneurship programme.
It currently has over 2 500 participants in South Africa, Zambia, Kenya Malawi, Senegal Tanzania, and Uganda who have been in business for longer than two years and are ready to gain the skills and tools to strengthen and scale their businesses. Participants praised how the programme has impacted their personal lives and businesses, with Sabrina, who has been in business for 14 years sharing how the it helped put systems in place that have made it easy to manage teams of her two businesses.
"A lot of women who have been part of the programme across the 7 countries say: 'before the programme, my chances of raising capital were 20% and after going through the programme it's 80%.' We want of more them to raise the money and have accountability partners that help them truly grow their businesses" Korkor Kudjoe said, speaking to the importance of and impact of supporting the women entrepreneurs.