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Stanchart Launches Women In Business Resources Centre
KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 (Bernama) -- Standard Chartered Bank has opened the Women in Business Resource Centre, an online tool designed to help women entrepreneurs start and grow their own business.
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Osman Morad said the bank believes women looking to start or grow their businesses have huge potential in Malaysia.
As the global women entrepreneurs owned 40 to 50 per cent of businesses in the developing market, the centre will be a great tool for them to develop their entrepreneurial skills and progress to the next level, he said.
There are close to 83,000 woman-owned enterprises, mainly in the services, manufacturing and agriculture sectors, which are subject to increase in the near future.
"As very few resources are targeted specifically at women entrepreneurs in these markets and failing to address the specific challenges they face, our resource centre is designed to directly address these challenges by providing a variety of educational and interactive components aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises," he said in a statement.
The resource centre is hosted online through the Standard Chartered website currently available in seven languages. -- BERNAMA
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