The Arab Union for Industrial Exports Development, the Council of Arab Businesswomen headed by Sheikha Hessa Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah and the Arab-African Union for Businesswomen will co-organise under the patronage of the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi the Arab-African Exhibition and Conference for Industrial Products for Businesswomen in Cairo on November 2-5, 2016.
The event will be held under the theme ‘Women’s Economic Empowerment through Industrial Development’ with a view to supporting and developing women’s initiatives in starting up industrial business and Small- and Medium- sized Enterprises (SMEs) and developing SMEs exports.
The event will also shed light on women’s economic empowerment efforts through supporting Arab and African women’s capabilities and small-sized enterprises. It will also highlight women’s empowerment policies and mechanisms through providing technical consultancy, training and banking services in order to grant facilitated loans and emphasise government’s positive role in the informal labour sector in order to support and protect women from being exploited.
It will also address establishing capacity development centres and business incubators and providing training for women, especially in industrial areas as well as enhancing cooperation between Arab and African businesswomen through forming partnerships and developing a coordination mechanism.
The event will also review successful stories of the Arab and African countries and other international successful stories in women’s economic empowerment.
The event will be co-organised by:
– African Union (AU)
– Economic Commission of the United Nations in Africa (UNECA)
– Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)
– Africa Development Bank (ADB)
– Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
In coordination with a number of Arab and African women organisations.
There will be an accompanying exhibition for Arab and African women’s industrial products, fashion shows and development of fashion industry of participating countries as well as folkloric artistic performances.
