{"id":5522,"date":"2021-09-20T11:49:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T11:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2021-09-20T11:49:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T11:49:55","slug":"14-key-recommendations-from-women-entrepreneurs-executives-in-tech-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/2021\/09\/20\/14-key-recommendations-from-women-entrepreneurs-executives-in-tech-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"14 key recommendations from Women Entrepreneurs &#038; Executives in Tech Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The maiden of the Women Entrepreneurs &amp; Executives in Tech Summit was held yesterday at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Victoria Island, with key stakeholders and experts drawing up 14 key recommendations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These recommendations, according to the experts will alter the perception that roles of Information and Communications Technology are majorly for men, adding when implemented by the government and private sector players, women\u2019s ego will be boosted to take up ICT roles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Women Entrepreneurs &amp; Executives in Tech Summit\u2026. Touching a Woman Driven Tech Space, with the Theme: Future Tech Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs&nbsp;was organized by TechLife Media and Communications Limited and powered by TechLife with Ugo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The essence of the Summit, according to the organiser&nbsp;is to brainstorm on the place of Nigerian women in the emerging world of technology and how they have fared in the recent time while expanding new ideas in ICT and Telecoms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00a0The Recommendations:<\/li><li>\uf0d8\u00a0Government needs to provide definite policy direction on digital agenda pursuit that carries women along.<\/li><li>\uf0d8\u00a0The banks (Bank of Industry) need to give more support to start-ups, especially women entrepreneurs. When funding is available, there should be a mechanism to communicate their availability to women and how to access them.<\/li><li>\uf0d8\u00a0Government and telecom regulators must identify gaps in capacity building for women. The establishment of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) and Innovation Fund for universities should be a veritable platform to empower women in Nigeria.<\/li><li>\uf0d8\u00a0The government and the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy should identify initiatives to support women.<\/li><li>\uf0d8\u00a0Women should be encouraged to participate in ICT skill training. This will help them to appreciate the benefits of networking.<\/li><li>\uf0d8\u00a0Women should build their skillsets very often so that they can meet up with their male counterparts.<\/li><li>\uf0d8\u00a0Women are encouraged to build their personal and business brand so they can stand out. They should take risks and see challenges as part of life.<\/li><li>\uf0d8\u00a0They should also support themselves by going into partnership, even with their male counterparts.<\/li><li>\uf0d8\u00a0Spot the opportunity and be inspired\u2026. Think Big X10 the idea and take action.<\/li><li>\uf0d8\u00a0No sympathy and sentiments \u2013 Women should create value for them to be recognized.<\/li><li>\uf0d8\u00a0Government needs to encourage capacity building in sciences by supporting female students and university lecturers majoring in technical courses through innovation funding.<\/li><li>\uf0d8\u00a0To build a pool of tech entrepreneurs in Nigeria, each established women entrepreneur must mentor at least 10 women entrepreneurs.<\/li><li>\uf0d8\u00a0Becoming and entrepreneur is all about problem-solving. Women should not go into entrepreneurship if they are not ready to solve societal challenges.<\/li><li>\uf0d8\u00a0Women must begin to take up roles and responsibilities in society. They should show up and be known. That is the only way they can contribute to policies that can grow and change society.<\/li><li>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The maiden of the Women Entrepreneurs &amp; Executives in Tech Summit was held yesterday at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Victoria Island, with key stakeholders and experts drawing up 14 key recommendations.&nbsp; These recommendations, according to the experts will alter the perception that roles of Information and Communications Technology are majorly for men, adding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}