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Government has pledged to support a total of 1,000 disabled women with funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move is aimed at promoting entrepreneurial culture among the masses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister of Business Development, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, said "},"modified":"2019-08-13T18:52:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T18:52:45","slug":"govt-to-support-1000-disabled-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/13\/govt-to-support-1000-disabled-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov’t To Support 1,000 Disabled Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Government has pledged to support a total of 1,000 disabled women with funding.<\/p>\n

The move is aimed at promoting entrepreneurial culture among the masses.<\/p>\n

Minister of Business Development, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, said this while addressing journalists at Information Ministry\u2019s Meet-The-Press series in Accra on Tuesday, August 13, 2019.<\/p>\n

He stated \u201c1,000 women entrepreneurs with disability are expected to receive
funding to scale up their businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, 100 of them have already received funding.<\/p>\n

Presidential Pitch<\/p>\n

Touching on the Presidential pitch initiative, he revealed that funding has been provided to young entrepreneurs between ages of 18 and 35.<\/p>\n

He said beneficiaries are those with brilliant business ideas.<\/p>\n

About 20 young entrepreneurs were assisted in 2018 with funding, ranging from GHC25,000.00 to GH\u00a2 50,000.00, he noted. <\/p>\n

He recounted that President Nana Akufo-Addo personally donated GH\u00a225,000.00
to Vanessa Aisha Limann, the overall winner, bringing her total award to GH\u00a275,000.00.<\/p>\n

According to him, over 200 jobs have been created under the Presidential Pitch One.<\/p>\n

BY Melvin Tarlue <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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