August 22, 2022
LIBREVILLE, August 22 (Infosplusgabon) – According to a press release from the pan-African bank Ecobank, 35 women entrepreneurs took part in Ecobank’s Ellever Leadership Program validates the training of 35 women entrepreneurs from 9 African countries who have validated with success in their training. It is, according to the bank, an innovative results-oriented program, “designed to equip women entrepreneurs with valuable leadership skills to empower them, and provide them with the tools they need to develop their business and support their community”.
Note that the Ellever program was designed by the management of the Ecobank Commercial Bank, and delivered by the Ecobank Academy in partnership with the Global Business School Network (GBSN).
Josephine Anan-Ankomah, Director of Commercial Banking, Ecobank Group, said: “At Ecobank, we are committed to developing and harnessing the enormous potential of the women’s economy, and to supporting women entrepreneurs in Africa to succeed. Access to finance alone is not enough. Also, while Ecobank provides sustainable financing, we continue to invest in making available a set of non-financial interventions to enable women-led businesses to grow faster and more broadly in Africa. Ecobank’s Ellever Leadership Program is part of Ellever Equip, our training and development solution for women. It is exciting to see how Ecobank’s investment in training women entrepreneurs is bringing multiple benefits. We look forward to seeing our graduates use their new skills to innovate, grow and have a positive impact on customers, employees, other businesses and communities.”
Dan LeClair, Managing Director of the Global Business School Network, said, “At the Global Business School Network, we believe that business leadership skills contribute to economic development. The participants are not the only ones to benefit; there is a multiplier effect as they invest in developing the leadership skills of their staff and foster the kind of business growth that leads to job creation. We are especially proud of the class we had the privilege of teaching. The participants were simply wonderful – open, curious, serious and engaged – and, for me, every session was a joy”.
This first promotion was made up of 35 participants from Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Zambia and Zimbabwe. A formidable group from various sectors such as oil and gas, information and communication technology, manufacturing, education, hospitality, logistics, trade, etc., which s is determined and motivated throughout the program.
Participants benefited from the teaching of world-renowned professors from Lagos Business School, MIT Global Program, INSEAD Africa Initiative and INSEAD Gender Initiative, American University Business School Cairo, Stanford SEED and the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business. These members of the Global Business School Network presented modules on the following topics:
emotional intelligence
Lead with authenticity
Define your strategic and leadership approach
The three axes: mastering skills in influencing and decision-making
Negotiate for results
Leaders in the role of coach
Sustainability and Leadership
Innovative partnerships and collaborations
Each of the women entrepreneurs received a skills certificate from Ecobank Group and GBSN during the graduation ceremony which took place earlier this month.
An award-winning solution, Ellever by Ecobank is designed for businesses that are women-owned, women-managed, have a high percentage of women on their board or staff, or for businesses that manufacture products for women. Ellever clients benefit from more effective cash management solutions, attractive loan rates and value-added services, such as leadership training and networking opportunities, aimed at closing the funding gap and growing their businesses. activities.
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