Are you a woman that owns a business?
Do you have a great product or service to offer?
Are you interested in supplying major corporations?
Has your business been in verifiable operation for at least 2 years?

If you answered "YES" to the above questions, then there is a huge opportunity for you.

A large number of International Corporations are seeking verified Women Owned Businesses (WBOs) to join their supplier list as part of their Supplier Diversity and Inclusion programs. Supplier Diversity and Inclusion programs are guidelines that large multinational corporations use to ensure that they buy products and services from women owned businesses. In 2019, a large number of these corporations have decided to buy products and services from women owned businesses in Nigeria!! This means that millions of dollars worth of products and services will be bought from Nigerian businesses that are owned by women. These corporations that buy products and services include Accenture, ExxonMobil, Kelloggs, P&G, Pepsico, Bayer, Hilton, Marriot, Access Bank, Walmarts, World Bank and many many more!


HOW TO BENEFIT
As a woman who owns a company in Nigeria, you can become a supplier to these multinationals by getting registered for FREE. This registration allows your woman owned business to become recognized as a genuine Women Owned Business in Nigeria. You also automatically join an online platform where these corporations privately advertise their supply needs, and even contact women suppliers. These corporations have mandated WEConnect International, an international women economic empowerment organization, to register Nigerian women owned businesses. WEConnect International is based in Washington DC and is operational across the world. The organization helps major coorporations identify genuine women owned businesses so they can transact with them. WEConnect International has already organized trainings in Nigeria to show women business owners how to benefit from supplier diversity and inclusion programs.


BENEFITS OF REGISTRATION
1. Your business gets access to thousands of other women owned businesses locally and internationally
2. The opportunity to contract business with other women owned businesses that will need your product and service
3. The opportunity to bid for supply contracts from large corporations locally and globally
4. The opportunity to be contacted by a large corporation that searched out your company's product or service
5. Attendance of very unique women-focused business events to grow your business
6. Special online trainings to help boost your business
7. The opportunity to certify your business as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) which exposes you to even more global customers
REGISTRATION IS FREE

CRITERIA TO REGISTER
1. Company should be at least 51% owned by women
2. Day to day management and control of the business should be vested in women
3. Your business should not be a startup. You must be operational
4. You have a product or service that you are selling which is competitive
5. You have a real physical presence or office which can be verified

If you meet the above criteria then register your business with WEConnect International today!


WHERE DO I REGISTER
You can register today at the WEConnect International's website.

T[b]O REGISTER YOUR BUSINESS, FOLLOW THIS LINK:[/b]
https://weconnectinternational.org/en/womens-business-enterprises/apply-now/register-selfreg


TO READ MORE ABOUT REGISTERING YOUR BUSINESS, FOLLOW THIS LINK:
https://weconnectinternational.org/en/womens-business-enterprises/self-registration?id=207
After reading about registration, click the APPLY NOW button


Don't miss out of this opportunity. Register today and begin to see your business grow. Remember Registration is FREE! If you choose to go further and certify your business, you get other advantages.

REGISTER today and lets get more women owned businesses successful!!!

If you have any questions, you can ask and I will try my best to answer.

Please note that your business must be registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria. NGOs are not eligible. Franchises are eligible.

Are you a woman that owns a business?
Do you have a great product or service to offer?
Are you interested in supplying major corporations?
Has your business been in verifiable operation for at least 2 years?

If you answered "YES" to the above questions, then there is a huge opportunity for you.

A large number of International Corporations are seeking verified Women Owned Businesses (WBOs) to join their supplier list as part of their Supplier Diversity and Inclusion programs. Supplier Diversity and Inclusion programs are guidelines that large multinational corporations use to ensure that they buy products and services from women owned businesses. In 2019, a large number of these corporations have decided to buy products and services from women owned businesses in Nigeria!! This means that millions of dollars worth of products and services will be bought from Nigerian businesses that are owned by women. These corporations that buy products and services include Accenture, ExxonMobil, Kelloggs, P&G, Pepsico, Bayer, Hilton, Marriot, Access Bank, Walmarts, World Bank and many many more!


HOW TO BENEFIT
As a woman who owns a company in Nigeria, you can become a supplier to these multinationals by getting registered for FREE. This registration allows your woman owned business to become recognized as a genuine Women Owned Business in Nigeria. You also automatically join an online platform where these corporations privately advertise their supply needs, and even contact women suppliers. These corporations have mandated WEConnect International, an international women economic empowerment organization, to register Nigerian women owned businesses. WEConnect International is based in Washington DC and is operational across the world. The organization helps major coorporations identify genuine women owned businesses so they can transact with them. WEConnect International has already organized trainings in Nigeria to show women business owners how to benefit from supplier diversity and inclusion programs.


BENEFITS OF REGISTRATION
1. Your business gets access to thousands of other women owned businesses locally and internationally
2. The opportunity to contract business with other women owned businesses that will need your product and service
3. The opportunity to bid for supply contracts from large corporations locally and globally
4. The opportunity to be contacted by a large corporation that searched out your company's product or service
5. Attendance of very unique women-focused business events to grow your business
6. Special online trainings to help boost your business
7. The opportunity to certify your business as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) which exposes you to even more global customers
REGISTRATION IS FREE

CRITERIA TO REGISTER
1. Company should be at least 51% owned by women
2. Day to day management and control of the business should be vested in women
3. Your business should not be a startup. You must be operational
4. You have a product or service that you are selling which is competitive
5. You have a real physical presence or office which can be verified

If you meet the above criteria then register your business with WEConnect International today!


WHERE DO I REGISTER
You can register today at the WEConnect International's website.

T[b]O REGISTER YOUR BUSINESS, FOLLOW THIS LINK:[/b]
https://weconnectinternational.org/en/womens-business-enterprises/apply-now/register-selfreg


TO READ MORE ABOUT REGISTERING YOUR BUSINESS, FOLLOW THIS LINK:
https://weconnectinternational.org/en/womens-business-enterprises/self-registration?id=207
After reading about registration, click the APPLY NOW button


Don't miss out of this opportunity. Register today and begin to see your business grow. Remember Registration is FREE! If you choose to go further and certify your business, you get other advantages.

REGISTER today and lets get more women owned businesses successful!!!

If you have any questions, you can ask and I will try my best to answer.

Only registered businesses are eligible.

Gender gaps in economic activities across Nigeria

Gender gaps in economic activities across Nigeria are largely explained by four main failures—discriminatory social norms, information and knowledge asymmetries, non-competitive markets, and limited gender-inclusiveness in formal and informal institutions5. Nigeria is among the top 10 percent of countries worldwide that exhibit the highest levels of gender discrimination according to the OECD’s Social Institutions and Gender Index, with an assessment of ‘high’ or ‘very high’ in all of the evaluated categories (discriminatory family code, restricted physical integrity, son bias, restricted resources and assets, and restricted civil liberties). It also falls into the group of countries with highest gender inequality in human development outcomes.


Non-functional markets severely constrain women’s economic outcomes and ability to earn a sustained income. Nigerian women have greater difficulty reaching economies of scale, which affects their competitiveness. As a result, they have limited bargaining power with suppliers and buyers, restricting their ability to earn profits or grow their businesses.

Structural and Operational Limitation in the Financial Sector
Structural and operational limitations in the financial sector also prevent women from having sustained access to finance. Over 40 percent of Nigerian adults are excluded from financial services, as banks and microfinance institutions have little to no presence in rural areas 7. Only 15 percent of women in Nigeria have a bank account 8. Financial institutions are also polarized, having a missing middle, as the banking sector is made up of highly capitalized banks in one extreme and microfinance institutions with limited capitalization on the other extreme.


Despite these issues, Female labor participation in Nigeria is estimated at around 45% while 14% of Nigerian firms have a female top manager; the regional average in Sub-Saharan Africa is 16%. Women are increasingly becoming entrepreneurs.

There is a steady growth in women enterprise in Nigeria and the potential for significant GDP increase from women enterprise inclusion.

GROWTH OF WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES IN NIGERIA

Women make up about 50 percent of Nigeria’s population. Statistically, of the 50 percent, about 35 percent are linked directly or indirectly with self-employment in the form of micro-businesses, small-scale and medium-scale enterprises-[MSMEs] (Odoemone, 2003). Comparatively women-owned businesses in Nigeria are growing much faster to those that are male-owned (Ekpenyong, 2014; GEM, 2012; Kermeliotis & Veselnovic, 2014). The growth trend in women-owned businesses show about 1 million in 1982 to 1.5 million in 1990. Prior to 1980, women owned 6 percent of all Nigerian businesses. Then as from 2010, the number rose to 30 % of all businesses, 50 % of all retail and 10 % of all service companies (SheLeadsAfrica, 2017; Ekpenyong, 2014).In trying to acknowledge this trend in growth of women-owned enterprises, the Enterprise Surveys (2010-2017) of the World Bank group, opine statistically for Nigeria: 16.2% representing businesses with female participation in ownership; 13.2% has majority female ownership and 13.0% of businesses have female top managers.

The impressive growth of female-owned businesses does not negate the fact that women run businesses which are smaller in size, have lower annual turnover than their male counterparts and have fewer number of personnel under employment (Carter & Shaw, 2006, Vossenberg, 2013; Etim & Iwu, 2018; UNCTAD, 2014; ADB, 2014). Generally, because of continued marginalization in accessing credit or funding, female entrepreneurs gravitate to retailing outfits within the informal economy. They start with low capitalization and become part of the informal economy where entry requirements are minimal. This sector of the economy therefore provides to these women no protection nor accountability (Etim & Iwu, 2018). Unfortunately, very few are able to become part of the formal economy with all the protection and human rights.