‘To be the empowering agent to
facilitate the development of dynamic National Associations of Women
Entrepreneurs in all African countries by strengthening and supporting
country-led initiatives which focus on the growth of enterprises in the
formal and informal productive sector through the provision of services
including training, information dissemination, networking, credit,
technology transfer, export promotion, investment promotion and
advocate and lobby for policies that promote the growth of micro small
and medium size enterprises and the informal productive sector,
through the provision of services including the following:
• Education and Training in entrepreneurship, management and ICT
• Information dissemination
• Economic networking to increase market share via Internet, and E-commerce
• Access to Finance and Credit and establishment of Mutual Guarantee Fund and Investment Bank for Women
• Access to affordable technology and technology transfer
• Investment promotion in non-traditional export products
• Policy advocacy and lobbying for rapid regional integration and implementation of other protocols and treaties
• Intra-African and Inter-continental trade promotion
• Exchange programs
• Set up service centers and regional show rooms for women’s exportable products in order to enhance the active participation of African women entrepreneurs in the national and global economy