{"id":20770,"date":"2024-06-19T18:57:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20770"},"modified":"2024-06-19T18:58:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:58:48","slug":"women-entrepreneurs-encouraged-to-identify-niche-markets-and-enhance-competitiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/women-entrepreneurs-encouraged-to-identify-niche-markets-and-enhance-competitiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Entrepreneurs Encouraged to Identify Niche Markets and Enhance Competitiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Nakasia Logan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ashni Singh, Minister of Finance, addressed aspiring women entrepreneurs at a joint business brunch and finance seminar organized by the Women&#8217;s Chamber of Commerce and Industry Guyana and American Chamber. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event aimed to foster collaboration and partnership among industry leaders for business growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Singh highlighted the wealth of opportunities within Guyana&#8217;s growing economy, advising entrepreneurs to identify niches where they have competitive advantages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the need for understanding one&#8217;s strengths and capabilities to succeed in local and global markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In today&#8217;s competitive landscape, Dr. Singh emphasized that entering the market based solely on sentiment is insufficient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>True success, he noted, comes from being globally competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Singh also referenced Guyana&#8217;s Local Content Legislation, which outlines forty categories of goods and services reserved for local participation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He encouraged entrepreneurs to explore these opportunities seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seminar, themed \u2018Leveraging Your Assets for Sustainable Success\u2019, stressed strategic planning and effective asset utilization for sustainable business growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan Dr. Ashni Singh, Minister of Finance, addressed aspiring women entrepreneurs at a joint business brunch and finance seminar organized by the Women&#8217;s Chamber of Commerce and Industry&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20772,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20770\/revisions\/20772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}