Thanks to Dahabshiil for supporting the Ardaa symposium, for grand reception of Amina Moghe at Airport, Damal Hotel. pic.twitter.com/lBZel7c170
— Hassan Heiss (@JIbrahimj) August 7, 2016
Abdirashid Duale, Dahabshiil Group CEO, said ‘Dahabshiil is proud to support and to be associated with Ardaa’s Somali Women’s Economic Summit. We truly recognise the pivotal role women play in the household economies and overall growth of GDP. We are therefore committed to ensure women’s economic and social development is put at the forefront of our business strategy’.
Mr. Duale further noted ‘Through Dahabshil Bank International (DBI), we aim to provide tailor-made services for women entrepreneurs and personal banking needs. We currently offer different products for women including investment and Micro-finance. The investments department of DBI shows an increase in women participation. The majority of our MicroDahab clients, our microfinance division, and recipients of remittances are women running micro and small enterprises, which have been known to sustain families. We are ready to listen and consult further in order to offer even better services and employment opportunities for women’. The keynote speaker at the event – and the guest of honor -Dr. Amina Hersi Moghe , a prominent business person in Uganda, expressed her utmost appreciation to the participants and the organisers of the event. Dr. Amina noted that there was need for women to take risks in businesses which have for a long time been assumed to be predominantly male activities. She challenged the women present to pursue all available opportunities and to expect challenges and failures.
Dr. Edna Adan of Edna Adan Hospital and University urged women to support emerging entrepreneurs not only with tools of work but also with mentorship.
Abdirizak Ibrahim Mohamed, CEO of Hass Petroleum, Somaliland, said ‘women’s role in nation-building is evident wherever one looks at. Theirs is a role that cannot be paralleled by none,” he said.
“A Somali proverb sums up a woman’s indispensable support to society by stating that “one never overtakes a man with a better wife'”, he added.
Importance of insurance for businesswomen and women's experience with insurers #ardaa pic.twitter.com/YE67A0NKCk
— Ardaa (@Ardaa_SO) August 6, 2016
"One finger does not wash a face, it takes all 5, lets help each other" Amina Farah. #Ardaa #HowDoesSheDoIt pic.twitter.com/2NH6iEgIux
— Ardaa (@Ardaa_SO) August 6, 2016
Congratulations to @asal_consulting for hosting a successful first @Ardaa_SO event in #Hargeisa! See you in #Garowe pic.twitter.com/W6I4BSrBRs
— SOMGEM (@sgem2016) August 6, 2016
One of the biggest challenge facing business women is access to loans from banks #ardaa #hargeisa #HowDoesSheDoIt pic.twitter.com/woIuUE1CKz
— Ardaa (@Ardaa_SO) August 6, 2016
The meeting organized by ASAL, a Somali consulting firm, in Hargeisa saw prominent business figures, women leaders and entrepreneurs from all regions of Somaliland converge at Hiddo-Dhawr in Hargeisa at a high level conversation between Somali women focusing on women’s economic participation. The goal of the event was to redefine and rally renewed commitments for Somali women’s contribution to economic growth.
The summit will also be held in Garowe, Mogadishu and possibly Nairobi according to the organisers.
Amina Hersi has arrived!! #ardaa #hargeisa #HowDoesSheDoIt pic.twitter.com/qYarIVkydJ
— Ardaa (@Ardaa_SO) August 6, 2016
Happening now in Hargeisa; Ardaa Somali Women's Economic Summit 2016 at Hido Dhowr. #Somalilandis25 #ArdaaSummit2016 pic.twitter.com/sF4G8Xn0MO
— Abdirashid Ibrahim (@cabdirashed) August 6, 2016
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