Center for Accelerated Women’s Economic Empowerment (CAWEE)

Center for Accelerated Women’s Economic Empowerment (CAWEE) is a non-profit organisation that targets the promotion of women in business.

CAWEE build the capacity of women entrepreneurs through training, advisory services/business counselling, product development, mentoring and information sharing. They facilitate market linkages for women entrepreneurs by creating cooperation and collaboration with international institutions and undertake practical research to address the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs.

The vision of CAWEE is to create a globally competitive core of women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia, with a focus on export markets through the provision of services including: agribusiness (coffee and honey), textiles, leather, jewellery and services (tourism, export management, training and IT services).

Learn more about CAWEE’s work here

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