SME Foundation and e-CAB will work together to skill, empower, and connect SME's with technology from now on. Besides, they will also work together to accelerate the participation of the country’s SME entrepreneurs in the national economy by using their mutual networks. For this purpose, an agreement was signed between the two organizations today, Wednesday, May 17.

Managing Director of SME Foundation Dr. Md. Mofizur Rahman and e-CAB president Shomi Kaiser signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations.

The honorable chairperson of the SME Foundation, Professor Dr. Md. Masudur Rahman, was the chief guest at the event. Farzana Khan, General Manager of SME Foundation; Naznin Nahar, President of E-CAB Women’s Forum; Jerin Marjan Khan, Vice President, SME Foundation; and e-CAB officials were also present at the signing ceremony.

Regarding the agreement, e-CAB President Shomi Kaiser said the participation of our small entrepreneurs in e-commerce is increasing, and 3 lakh entrepreneurs are connected to e-commerce alone across the country. Their contribution to the national economy is not less. SME Foundation and e-CAB will work together from now on to accelerate their contribution, make them skilled at various levels through training in information technology, digital literacy, and financial literacy, and expand their businesses in the country and abroad. This will make it easier to connect women entrepreneurs with e-commerce at the grassroots level.

Chairman of the SME Foundation, Dr. Md. Masudur Rahman, said that 32% of the total working women population of the country are currently connected to the national economy. On the other hand, information technology excellence is creating various opportunities for development. These opportunities should be utilized. The participation of working women should be increased, and the entrepreneurs should be made skilled in other matters, including technology, so that they can also be fellow travelers in this stage of development and become partners in the activities of building a smart Bangladesh. We will work to ensure the success of this agreement through short- and long-term action plans.

SME Foundation Managing Director Dr. Md. Mofizur Rahman said that e-CAB has been working for a long time to connect entrepreneurs in the country with digital businesses and protect their interests. We are also working on the skill development of entrepreneurs across the country, market expansion, the development of economic skills, etc. Through this agreement, these works of ours will be even faster. Along with this, grass-roots entrepreneurs’ engagement with information technology will increase. As a result, they will be enriched with technical skills and move ahead in business.

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