P&G empowers 250 women in Kaduna with financial literacy and business grants

Recently, Procter and Gamble (P&G) in conjunction with the United Nations’ Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), and the implementing partner, Afrigrants Resources, successfully held a graduation ceremony for 250 small business women entrepreneurs in Kaduna State after a three month period of intensive training on financial literacy.

P&G empowers 250 women in Kaduna with financial literacy and business grants Pulse Nigeria

The training comes as part of P&G’s efforts to encourage financial inclusion for women, to strengthen women’s capacity in entrepreneurship and promote a business management culture among the beneficiaries of the training. UN Women Nigeria on its part has been at the forefront of ongoing efforts to enhance women’s economic empowerment in the country.

P&G empowers 250 women in Kaduna with financial literacy and business grants Pulse Nigeria

The three-month training covered various technical aspects for growing a business ventures, how to make informed and effective decisions with financial resources, how to manage business and personal finance matters in an efficient manner, as well as how to make appropriate decisions about investing, budgeting and tax planning.

P&G empowers 250 women in Kaduna with financial literacy and business grants Pulse Nigeria

Remarkably, as part of the partnership, P&G provided the trainees with a platform to be injected into the P&G sub-distribution network. P&G also awarded one million naira grants to some women with the brightest business ideas.

P&G empowers 250 women in Kaduna with financial literacy and business grants Pulse Nigeria

P&G has been a global advocate of women empowerment and gender parity. Through various impact programs including the Always School Program, the Women Entrepreneurship Development Program, Growing Girls and Women in Nigeria (G-Win), Always UNESCO partnership and campaigns such as Always Forward Ever, #WeSeeEqual #StrongisBeautiful and #MyFutureStartsToday, the company has helped empower and shape societal perception of women.

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