Kaduna MSME operators sensitized on E-commerce opportunities

Producers of local products in Kaduna state were yesterday sensitized on how to access new markets through E-Commerce opportunities. The summit tagged ‘Kaduna Women Exhibition and Trade Fair’, organised by Growth and Employment in States wholesale and retail sector (GEMS4) in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, Social Development and Made In Nigeria (MIN) […]

Producers of local products in Kaduna state were yesterday sensitized on how to access new markets through E-Commerce opportunities.
The summit tagged ‘Kaduna Women Exhibition and Trade Fair’, organised by Growth and Employment in States wholesale and retail sector (GEMS4) in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, Social Development and Made In Nigeria (MIN) Global Consulting Service Limited pulled Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) operators from different parts of the state to showcase their products.
Items including ginger, travelling and fashion bags, liquid soap, hair shampoo and conditioner, shoes and slippers, soya oil, soya milk, powdered pepper, curry, thyme, ginger and beads among many others were showcased by different SME operators for exhibition at the summit.
According to the Chief Executive Officer of Made In Nigeria (MIN) Global Consulting, Aisha Y. Bako, the summit is aimed at linking local producers of made in Nigeria goods to online platforms where their goods can be advertised and sold.
She urged the MSME operators especially women to open email accounts to enable them register for sale of their goods on Made in Nigeria (MIN) website as well as register their products with NAFDAC and Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) so that they can get buyers within and beyond the shores of Nigeria. “We want to clear the misconception that made in Nigeria goods are inferior,” she noted.
In her remark, the Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Hauwa Umar made known that the summit will open up more opportunities in terms of information sharing, exchange of ideas, acquisition of better skills and knowledge and most importantly provision of access to markets and funds; thereby taking Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) to a whole new level.
“Women in Kaduna State have great potentials and they are ready to show case their talent and compete with other enterprises around the world. We call on all women entrepreneurs in the state to make the best use of this opportunity by establishing a direct linkage to women associations and cooperatives, trade associations and other relevant business network,” she said while she encouraged investors both international and domestic to support and patronise goods made by women entrepreneurs in the state.