
<p>Over 70 business women in the SME sector on Friday received training from the computer software giant on how to use simple Microsoft IT tools to boost their enterprise/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 22 Microsoft Africa has teamed up with the Federation of Women Entrepreneurs Association (FWEA) and SupaMamas organization to train women in small and medium enterprises on using Microsoft tools to grow their business.</p><p>Over 70 business women in the SME sector on Friday received training from the computer software giant on how to use simple Microsoft IT tools to boost their enterprise.</p><p>"Women do a lot of business but they do not make money, their contribution to the GDP has actually been pretty small, so we realized we need to upscale the playing field in which they are interacting, so that they can be working at higher levels," FWEA chairperson Joanne Mwangi said at the first training event at a Nairobi hotel.</p><p>She added a big impact in expanding their market with the new knowledge in creating online networks will be promoted by the initiative while confirming similar exercises will be rolled out in due course.</p><p><a href="http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2013/03/microsoft-equips-women-with-ict-tools/">Keep reading...</a></p>