RAWALPINDI, OCT 05 (DNA) – Creating business opportunities and empowering women in entrepreneurship has always been Chamber’s priority.

The state of the art center for women entrepreneurs, Women Business Incubation Centre (WBIC) has been functional and helping women entrepreneurs to establish and run their own businesses.

This was stated by Zahid Latif Khan, President, The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) in a meeting with Gerrit Ribbink, Technical Team Lead, Entrepreneurship at Enclude who called on him here on Thursday.

He said that the main purpose of this initiative was to provide women a platform to excel in the field of entrepreneurship. Zahid Latif Khan also highlighted the key features of WBIC and said that RCCI also plans to hold seminars, training programs and business plan competition to create awareness among Women Entrepreneurs and youth regarding product development, pricing, packaging and export marketing etc.

On this occasion Gerrit Ribbink lauded RCCI’s efforts and working in empowering women and taking initiatives like WBIC. He said in collaboration with WomenX Entrepreneurship Program we will provide maximum assistance to women entrepreneurs to design effective marketing strategies and develop stronger support networks.

He said that his organization Enclude has joined hands with the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) to deliver the program in Pakistan.

He informed that WomenX is a World Bank-funded global initiative, aimed at supporting women business owners through business education, networking and mentorship.

Senior Vice President Nasir Mirza, Vice President Khalid Farooq Qazi, Chairperson Women Entrepreneurship committee Mahvish Afridi, Zuha Shaikh– Project manager at Women X, among others, were also present on the occasion.=DNA

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