In the picture: (Left) Ms. Ruth Negash, Chief Executive Officer of the COMESA Federation of National Association of Women in Business (COMFWB) signing visitor’s book at the High Commission. On the right is H. E. Ambassador Benedicto M. Mashiba, High Commissioner of the United Republic of Tanzania to the Republic of Malawi.
Ms. Negash paid a courtesy call to H. E. Ambassador Mashiba, on 17th February, 2022 to brief him on the COMFWB projects which women entrepreneurs in the United Republic of Tanzania can be involved under EAC-SADC-COMESA Tripartite arrangement. In the discussions, she highlighted that COMFWB has several projects for supporting women entrepreneurs through financing, capacity building (technology), searching for markets and organizing experience sharing forums. The main aim of the projects is to improve value addition for agricultural and textile products and increase incomes for women entrepreneurs involved in such businesses.