Dahabshiil Group, comprising of Dahabshiil Money Transfer & eDahab, Dahabshil Bank International and Somtel Telecommunications, was a Gold Sponsor of Ardaa, the Somali Women’s Economic Summit which concluded at the Hiddo-Dhawr conference hall, Hargeisa, Saturday.
Abdirashid Duale, Dahabshiil Group CEO, said ‘Dahabshiil is proud to support and to be associated with Ardaa’s Somali Women’s Economic Summit. We truly recognise the pivotal role women play in the household economies and overall growth of GDP. We are therefore committed to ensure women’s economic and social development is put at the forefront of our business strategy’.
Ardaa – Somali women's economic summit: Hargeysa symposium kick off. Join the conversation #ardaa #howdoesshedoit pic.twitter.com/zOxk1EnmxB
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One of the biggest challenge facing business women is access to loans from banks #ardaa #hargeisa #HowDoesSheDoIt pic.twitter.com/woIuUE1CKz
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Thanks to Dahabshiil for supporting the Ardaa symposium, for grand reception of Amina Moghe at Airport, Damal Hotel. pic.twitter.com/lBZel7c170
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Importance of insurance for businesswomen and women's experience with insurers #ardaa pic.twitter.com/YE67A0NKCk
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Mr Duale further noted ‘Through Dahabshil Bank International (DBI), we aim to provide tailor- made services for women entrepreneurs and personal banking needs. We currently offer different products for women including investment and Micro-finance. The investments department of DBI shows an increase in women participation. Majority of our MicroDahab clients ,our micro-finance division, and recipients of remittances are women running micro and small enterprises, which have been known to sustain families. We are ready to listen and consult further in order to offer even better services and employment opportunities for women’.
Amina Hersi has arrived!! #ardaa #hargeisa #HowDoesSheDoIt pic.twitter.com/qYarIVkydJ
— ardaa (@Ardaa_SO) August 6, 2016
The guest of honor was Mrs Amina Hersi Moghe who had ‘launched several multimillion-dollar projects in Kampala, Uganda. Her investments include Oasis Shopping Mall in Kampala’s central business district and the Laburnam Courts Apartments, on Nakasero Hill.
Abdirizak Ibrahim Mohamed, CEO of Hass Petroleum, Somaliland, said ‘women’s role in nation-building is evident wherever one looks at. Theirs is a role that cannot be paralleled by none,” he said.
“A Somali proverb sums up a woman’s indispensable support to society by stating that “one never overtakes a man with a better wife'”, he added.
