TelOne rolls out women empowerment programme

TELECOMMUNICATIONS firm, TelOne, in partnership with a local innovation start-up (Batsi Health), has launched a women empowerment programme called BatsiWomen aimed at uplifting the lives of less privileged women across Zimbabwe.

The programme is set to enrol 500 women in five districts training in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, leadership, digital marketing and basic information communication technology skills.

Trained women will become e-health and e-commerce agents under a partnership with ZimSmart Villages (Batsi Health).

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