October 29, 2009

The creme of women entrepreneurs in Ghana and their counterparts from the rest of Africa have called for fair treatment from top shots in the financial services sector, which is male dominated, in their quest to grow their businesses.They expressed concern over the fact that, despite the widely acknowledged fact that females are generally more credit worthy than men, most credit officers and relationship managers, appear to have some resentment towards giving facilities to women entrepreneurs, sometimes making unreasonable demands.

At a two day international conference for women entrepreneurs hosted by the Eagle Women Empowerment Club (EWEC) in Ghana, participants also voiced out their displeasure at the frustrations they go through in their attempts to access financial support for their businesses simply because they are women.