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BRAC Bank and SME Foundation have jointly conducted a comprehensive entrepreneurship development training programme for women entrepreneurs in Rangpur.
The three-day intensive training programme is part of a series of entrepreneurship development training sessions to be organised in six Bangladesh districts. The programme aims to assist aspiring women business owners based in rural and semi-urban areas in honing their managerial and entrepreneurial skills, said a statement.
The joint entrepreneurship grooming initiative kicked off with the programme in Rangpur on August 23, 2022. Bangladesh Bank Executive Director Md Abdul Hakim was the chief guest at the certificate-awarding ceremony on August 25, 2022. SME Foundation Assistant General Manager Md Masudur Rahman, Head of Women Entrepreneur Cell Khadija Mariam, and BRAC Bank Business Transformation and Product Senior Manager Kayser Hasan were also present.
The training programme will be conducted in Barishal, Jashore, Bogura, Cumilla and Rangamati, with 30 up-and-coming women entrepreneurs taking part in each region. The entrepreneurs do not have to pay any fee for participating in the training programme.
BRAC Bank Deputy Managing Director & Head of SME Syed Abdul Momen expressed, “We thank SME Foundation for making us a partner of this entrepreneur grooming programme. BRAC Bank has always been passionate about nurturing women SMEs in Bangladesh. This programme aims to help grassroots women entrepreneurs grow by up-scaling their businesses. We want them to make the best use of this course to become successful in business. It will ensure their readiness through getting finances from formal banking channel.”
