Creating Holistic Development
community, small businesses, microfinance, gender equality
The Female Entrepreneur: Advantaged or Disadvantaged
Hi everyone, does being a woman enhance or limit your opportunities as an entrepreneur? Please checkout this video using the link below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0tsjyTlq29mWTdwT2l4OUJNSTg/view?usp=sharing I wanted to know what women in different communities...
GiveCare Launches Mobile Application for Rural Entrepreneurs
I am excited to share with you that GiveCare has partnered with SpacePointe to launch its mobile application (Pointe Pay and Pointe Mart) as part of GiveCare’s integrated entrepreneurial development program. Over the last few weeks, rural entrepreneurs in Imala...
Breaking the code: how women in Nigeria are changing the face of tech
I read the article below and it speaks to some of the issues that i raised in my welcome post about female gender marginalization in business and leadership. As we continue to lend a voice for gender equality across different fields of...
HOLISTIC MICROFINANCE A PROBABLE SOLUTION FOR AFRICA’S POOR
According to Hammawa & Hashim (2016) women entrepreneurial activities are essential for rural economic transformation and poverty alleviation in developing countries. However, women are subject to gender related discrimination (Inganiga, 2008), especially in the...
THERE IS A NEED TO ENCOURAGE MSMEs in AFRICA
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Africa are key to Africa’s growth for a number of reasons. According to an article published in the World Economic Forum, these small and growing businesses create around 80% of the region’s employment, establishing a new...
IMAGINE FINANCIAL INCLUSION…
EMERGING MARKETS LOOKING GOOD What makes emerging markets in Sub Saharan Africa inviting to investors all over the world is the opportunity presented by the large population and the size of the youth demographic compared to the others. The sheer volume of people in...
People Building Communities
Founder and President of the nonprofit – Center for Leadership Development (CLD) and its international GiveCare project that uses entrepreneurship for leadership development through micro finance dedicated to women empowerment and youth development. Scholastica...
Welcome
I welcome all social media friends and future readers to my blog. As founding president of GiveCare, I am excited to share our story with you. I have a passion for gender equity and holistic development of emerging communities in Africa. Growing up in Nigeria, I am...
Building Women to Build Nigeria
“The experience of motherhood brings a kinship with life which is not available to men…the need to love, to protect, to nurture, and to assume responsibility… the very elements needed for…growth” C.G. Moser, ‘Understanding Girls’, 1957 While it is true that,...