BANCABC SPONSORS TANZANIA WOMEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING

BancABC Tanzania staff keenly listens to a member of the Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce (TWCC) Anna Simbeye (right) as she makes a point during a Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce (TWCC) breakfast meeting which brought together more than 250 business women from Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar to discuss ways and challenges affecting women doing business. The breakfast meeting was held over the weekend and BancABC was the main sponsor.

BancABC Tanzania Head of Marketing and Communications Upendo Nkini address the Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce (TWCC) breakfast meeting which brought together more than 250 business women of the chamber from Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar to discuss ways and challenges affecting women doing business. The breakfast meeting was held over the weekend and BancABC was the main sponsor.

BancABC Head of Digital and Alternative Channels Silas Matoi makes a presentation during the Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce breakfast which brought together more than 250 business women of the chamber from Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar to discuss ways and challenges affecting women doing business. The breakfast meeting was held over the weekend in Dar es Salaam and BancABC was the main sponsor.

BancABC Head of Digital and Alternative Channels Silas Matoi stresses a point as he makes a presentation during the Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce breakfast which brought together more than 250 business of the chamber from Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar to discuss ways and challenges affecting women doing business. The breakfast meeting was held over the weekend in Dar es Salaam and BancABC was the main sponsor.

BancABC Tanzania, which is part of Atlas Mara, a London listed entity sponsored a monthly breakfast meeting of the Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce (TWCC) which has brought together more than 250 business women. The monthly breakfast meeting brings together business women of the chamber from Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar to discuss ways and challenges affecting women doing business.

Speaking today in Dar es Salaam during the breakfast meeting, the BancABC Tanzania Head of Digital and Alternative Channels Silas Matoi said the bank understand the role of women business in promoting the economy of our country and that BancABC is committed in promoting women’s empowerment and that is why we have partnered with the Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce in this monthly breakfast meeting.

Matoi said that participation of the bank has come with a lot of benefits as they have learned that the TWCC attends several business workshop and visits in China citing an example that 150 business women participated in Canton Trade Fair between April and October this year. However, during their visits, they have been experiencing challenges in accessing reliable quick money transfer for immediate purchase.

‘Im very happy to tell you that BancABC offers such a solution for quick money transfer while on your visits to China. We have a Yuan Card which is a reloadable card which allows users to get exact value in Chinese currency deposited into their card and hence doing away with the uncertainty that exchange rates come with for entrepreneurs and, business people like you and even students in demand of Yuan in China or whichever part of the world they are in’, said Matoi.

Matoi added that in partnering with the TWCC, BancABC is set to benefit as being part of world’s campaign to support women economically, enhancing its visibility, increasing its networking and widening and increasing of customer’s base.

Speaking at the same occasion, the Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce Acting Executive Director Mwanjuma Hamza said that TWCC is an umbrella connecting business Women across all sectors in all regions of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar.

‘One of our main activities is to enhance market for business women which includes participation in various trade fairs and visits in and out of the country, said Hamza adding that from January to December this year, Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce has managed to support more than 400 women to participate in various National, Regional and International trade fairs and exchanges.

Hamza said that 150 business women participated in business visit to China between April and October, 100 participated in exchange visit to Germany in November and currently 30 are attending East Africa Exhibition in Eldoret, Kenya.

ABOUT ABC HOLDINGS

ABC Holdings Limited is the parent company of a number of sub-Saharan Africa banks operating under the BancABC brand, which offers a diverse range of financial services including personal, business and corporate banking, as well as asset management, stockbroking, and treasury services.

In 2014, Atlas Mara acquired a significant majority stake in ABC Holdings. Guided by its core values of professionalism, people, innovation, passion and integrity, BancABC is pursuing its vision to be the preferred banking partner in Africa by offering world class financial solutions – to the benefit of all its stakeholders.

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ABOUT ATLAS MARA

Atlas Mara was listed on the London Stock Exchange in December 2013. Atlas Mara's vision is to create sub-Saharan Africa's premier financial services institution through a combination of its experience, expertise and access to capital, liquidity and funding. Its goals are to combine the best of global institutional knowledge with extensive local insights and to support economic growth and financial inclusion in the countries in which the Company operates.

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