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Unregistered women entrepreneurs to be identified

KUCHING: Sarawak Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Ministry will get its mobile team to identify women entrepreneurs, especially those who have yet to register their businesses. Its minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the move was necessary as many of them had missed out on various assistance schemes provided by the federal […]

Business mentorship programme helps improve women’s entrepreneurship skills

KUCHING: There is a need for business mentorship programmes such as the Wanita Empowered (WE) Business Mentorship Programme to be organised to assist women, especially those in rural areas, to improve their entrepreneurship skills. Women Entrepreneurs and Professionals Association Sarawak (WEPS) president Serawa Budol said that many women entrepreneurs in particular faced challenges in carrying […]

Empowering women entrepreneurs

KUCHING: The US Embassy will launch the Wanita Empowered Business Mentorship programme on Nov 18. The six-month programme is an initiative to support women’s economic empowerment and help them reach their full economic potential and create conditions for increased stability, security, and prosperity for all. It is a nationwide mentoring and training programme to empower […]

e-Preneurs to create digital women entrepreneurs

KUCHING:Women e-Preneurs application will give a push for Sarawakian women to move forward in the empowerment of digital era. Sarawak Women and Family Department (JWKS) director Noriah Ahmad said the app was launched by the state government through Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) together with the department. “The application, which was launched on March 9 last […]

Passion vital for success

BY NOOR SYAHHIRA HADY KUCHING: An entrepreneur must have passion for business to succeed, said the winner of the Chief Minister’s Women Entrepreneur Award 2020, Kansar Karar also known as Kina. “I started my business in 2009 with no financial backing from the government or any organisations. “I have to admit it was tough to […]

EcoMart to strengthen women entrepreneurs

MIRI: The Kayan women in the northern region now have a new platform to market their own products with the establishment of the Doh Kayan Telang Usan (DKTU) EcoMart. The DKTU EcoMart is located within Miri Times Square building; selling a wide range of local products from the traditional Kayan community. The soft launching of […]