{"id":26499,"date":"2025-02-09T03:04:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T03:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26499"},"modified":"2025-02-09T03:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T03:04:48","slug":"women-play-key-role-in-small-business-growth-ministry-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/women-play-key-role-in-small-business-growth-ministry-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Play Key Role in Small Business Growth, Ministry Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>January 22, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Tourism, Industry, and Commerce has highlighted the significant role women play in the small business sector, with over 54% of the ministry\u2019s small business clients being women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Oneidge Walrond shared these insights during a recent social media interview, emphasizing the ministry&#8217;s efforts to empower women in entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2020 to 2024, more than 5,400 women received support for their small businesses through the ministry\u2019s initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This represents a major step towards closing the gender gap in business ownership and development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry has reached over 8,000 individuals, offering a range of services designed to foster business growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, over 2,400 small business owners have undergone specialized training in essential areas such as financial management, business plan writing, and marketing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walrond noted that these training programs were designed to teach entrepreneurs how to build sustainable businesses without relying solely on grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, the ministry aims to further its efforts by training an additional 3,000 entrepreneurs, focusing on key sectors crucial for small business growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is part of the government\u2019s ongoing commitment to providing resources and knowledge to help entrepreneurs thrive and ensure the long-term development of small businesses across Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 22, 2025 The Ministry of Tourism, Industry, and Commerce has highlighted the significant role women play in the small business sector, with over 54% of the ministry\u2019s small business&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26499","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=26499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26500,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26499\/revisions\/26500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}