Sudanese entrepreneurship opportunities and challenges for Sudanese women – Track
Despite the complex economic and political conditions that Sudan is going through, Sudanese women continue to progress with a regular rhythm to the world of entrepreneurship. From popular markets to digital platforms, inspiring women in several areas, challenges and creators in creating opportunities.
This article highlights the most important challenges faced by entrepreneurial women in Sudan and the possible opportunities to support their projects and carry out financial and social independence.
* To talk about the challenges that entrepreneurial women take up in the business field, we note that obtaining financing is the most important challenge that they are in many women suffer from the difficulty of obtaining loans due to the absence of official guarantees or bank accounts.
Low banking culture and absence of certain areas of banks and financial services.
While the World Bank report said that 83% of Sudanese women do not have an official bank account (2022).
* In addition, we note that limited training and capacity building is a very clear challenge and weak advice in digital marketing subjects, innovation and development. * Women relate to the societal challenges represented in cultural and societal restrictions, where we note that traditional roles reduce women’s time to innovate or attend workshops.
Some companies do not accept the idea that women direct a commercial project, especially if they are single or at the start of their youth.
* In addition, we note that digital transformation represents investment opportunities for projects via the Internet, because there are many electronic platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp have become solid marketing tools for women’s projects that can work to encourage Internet trade (e-commerce) which develop slowly and offers opportunities to those who describe technology and to market electronic services and the state must design training programs that Allow women who can enter technology and know how to market electronic marketing.
* There are many government initiatives and international organizations that provide material and moral support such as UN women and IFCs who support, finance and form women.
Community development centers (in Darfur, Khartoum et al -jazeera) offer free workshops, for example: the “Sudanese imprisonment Women Through Entrepreneurship” project, funded by the European Union, leads women in the campaign for sustainable entrepreneurship.
* There are many opportunities for Sudanese women in entrepreneurship in the informal economy, which is a large field of creativity, and through it thousands of women can work on popular markets, food production, crafts and sewing – which are areas open for development and convert them for small formal projects.
An example: a woman from Al -Abyad began to sell Bambah in front of her house, and today she has a small cafeteria that employs 4 women
* Recommendations are necessary to support women in Entrepreneurship in Sudan: domain and virtual training must be improved by emphasizing practical skills.
Provide flexible financing platforms that do not require traditional guarantees.
And encourage partnerships with the private sector to provide market advice and opportunities.
And simplify procedures to record small projects for women in cities and countryside.
And increased social conscience of the importance of the role of women in the economy.
* Despite the obstacles, the Sudanese woman has proven that she is able to challenge, constancy, creativity and success in the world of entrepreneurship, in particular women in the invaluable states, and allowed me to rekindle women in the governor of Gedaref, which confirmed her success thanks to a distinct initiative to document their professional life and a history of business) and a history of business) (Success Story) and and they are a model of commerce in Sudan, and in an initiative (Success Story) and they are a model of commerce in Sudan, and in an initiative (Success Story) and blows the State must specialize and design a company of special ministry, local companies and international organizations that Sudanese women support a real support and appropriate fund Ambitions in life projects that are dynamic and offend them in the development and rebirth of the Sudanese economy
