The Zimba Women Technology for Business Summit first took place last year and the annual event aims at bringing together a plethora of women and men from different SMEs, technology-based and other sector businesses, startups, government institutions, development partners and other stakeholders.
All united by an interest to promote the advanced use of technology by women and other typically marginalized groups in the business arena. The 2017 summit will be a two-day event taking place on the 15th and 16th of November at Sheraton Hotel, Kampala.
In an official press release received from Zimba Women, the summit will see Deborah Malac (The US Mission in Uganda), Maxima Nsimenta (Livara Cosmetics), Kateshumbwa Dickson (Uganda Revenue Authority), Evelyn Namara (!nnovate) and CK Japheth (Innovation Village) as the speakers.
Companies and organizations to attend this year's event include Facebook, The US Mission in Uganda, International Trade Centre and Deloitte.
The summit was born out of the fact that the journey of being an entrepreneur typically comes with a lot of challenges from capital, taxes and overheads, high rates of risk, less stability and so much more.
Yet being a female already puts women entrepreneurs at far bigger challenges compared to their male counterparts. This has in the end subdued the growth of women in entreprenuership.
Some of the main challenges faced by women in business include cultural constraints, limited access to formal education/training and management skills, lack of access to information and difficulty in balancing work and family.