Barrow Unveils D117M Women’s Enterprise Fund

Ogun to Institutionalise 'Oko’wo Dapo' as State-Backed Women's Trust Fund

In a major move to bolster women’s economic empowerment, the Ogun State Government has announced plans to institutionalise its Women Empowerment Scheme, ‘Oko’wo Dapo’, into a formal State Women’s Trust Fund Policy. The initiative is designed to ensure the continuity and sustainability of women-focused programmes, making them resilient to political changes. The announcement was made by the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Ho…

Barrow announces D100M fund to support over 2,000 women entrepreneurs

Barrow added: “My government, through the Ministry of Gender, has a project on women’s empowerment involving 2,340 women who are going to be trained in business entrepreneurship. We will train them for three months, and there is already a fund in place of which over 100 million dalasis will be distributed among them.” The initiative will benefit women from every region of The Gambia, with allocations as follows: Banjul: 103 women; Kanifing 260 w…

Barrow Unveils D117M Women’s Enterprise Fund

By: Kemo Kanyi President Adama Barrow has unveiled D117 million initiative aimed at empowering women across The Gambia through entrepreneurship. The announcement came during a joint meeting in Sanunding village, Tumana District as President Barrow continues his Meet-The-People-Tour, on Saturday. The project, coordinated by the Ministry of Gender, is expected to benefit 2,340 women across all regions of the country. President Barrow explained tha…