VIDEO: Aziza Development Foundation Empowers 200 Women In Business, Financial Literacy
By Titilayo Kupoliyi
More than 200 women have benefitted from the maiden edition of The Aziza Development Foundation, TADF’s business and financial literacy programme.
The programme which took place at Matogun Community, Ifo Local Government, Ogun State was attended by small, nano and micro entrepreneurs.
The participants were trained on financial products such as savings, insurance, micro-pensions and simple business record keeping methods.
The participants were also directed into self-organized groups to allow them apply the training so as to access affordable loan or financial products needed for their various businesses.
Report says most businesses scheduled for the training were general trading and livestock farming.
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Speaking, the convener, Mrs Funmi Okubanjo noted that the training was to improve financial literacy as well as boost value chain of products and services among entrepreneurs, so as to enhance their business productivity and use of formal financial services.
She said “Our underlying belief is that if we improve knowledge and access to useable financial products and services for women and female micro entrepreneurs, we can improve their livelihood and contributions to the economy”.
Some of the participants lauded the organization’s effort at putting the training together and suggested that the exercise should be a continuous one.
The AZIZA DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION is a Non- Profit Organization that was birthed in 2021 by Radiant Futures under its economic empowerment program, with the aim of training female entrepreneurs in underserved communities on financial and business literacy and driving access to affordable loan from financing partners like Amali.
TADF also works to improve girls’ financial literacy skill, believing that lack of such skill could be a potential future problem for them and their families.
