By BUUMBA CHIMBULU WOMEN should try to invest in businesses and not wait on policy announcements as there is a clear correlation between assets ownership and revenue generation.Investing in assets such as a house can be used for investment such as collateral to access additional funds from a commercial bank, according to the Zambia National Business Society (ZNBS) Managing Director, Mildred Mutesa.“Women still shy away from the opportunity for true empowerment. Policies in themselves will not help us, we as women must begin to believe that we can do it and make that change.“We have a problem that we must address and fix as women. There is a clear correlation between assets ownership and revenue generation,” Ms Mutesa said recently at the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Women Leadership Development Forum.She regretted that despite the socio and economic benefits, fewer than 20 percent of women in Zambia owned their own land.Ms Mutesa explained that a Bank of […]
INVEST IN BUSINESS, WOMEN URGED
