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Absa inks deal to train 600 women entrepreneurs

Interim CEO ABSA Bank Kenya Yusuf Omari. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Absa Bank Kenya is targeting at least 600 women entrepreneurs with free investment readiness training in partnership with Melanin Kapital and the African Guarantee Fund (AGF).

The programme, dubbed Tuungane 2x na Absa, comes amid numerous challenges faced by women entrepreneurs including limited funding, balancing responsibilities, inadequate support systems, and limited business knowledge, among others.

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