Tuesday, November 23, 2021 / 03:30PM / Access Bank /Header Image Credit: EBI MarketPlace

SME.NG in partnership with Access bank Plcand other leading institutions, including the Bank of Industry (BOI), LAPO MicrofinanceBank, Chapel Hill Denham,  and the Impact Investment Foundation Nigeria are launching the Ebi Marketplace - a Nigerian innovation for femaleentrepreneurs.

The Ebi Marketplace consists of an access to capital market, an e-commerce malland a knowledge market for female entrepreneurs in Nigeria seeking to digitizetheir businesses.

Conceptualised and developed by SME.NG as a tangible solution to the impact ofCOVID-19 on female entrepreneurs, the Ebi Marketplace aims to close the genderdigital divide in Nigeria by supporting women's digital literacy and financialinclusion, while providing access to capital and markets.

Thelma Ekiyor, the brain behind the Ebi Marketplace stated that SME.NG iscommitted to investing in facilitating female entrepreneurs' profitability, sothat they are positioned for infusion of capital.

According to her, this innovation is supported by Nigerian investors for theNigerian market.

"We at SME.NG see ourselves as an indigenous solutions provider in Nigeria's SMEecosystem. Women in Nigeria establish businesses more than men, but struggle togrow beyond a certain point. We believe we have a strategic role to play inbreaking that financial and growth ceiling," she noted.

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