It's exciting to see how quickly AI technologies are being integrated into the entrepreneurship support system! Digital tools are becoming super important for developing marketing strategies and reaching customers, especially for small business owners. That's why the Qudwa-Tech initiative has focused some of its training programs on preparing women entrepreneurs to use these technologies to make their projects more competitive. Qudwa-Tech, an initiative dedicated to empowering women, restarted its training programs in July. They launched new groups aimed at developing digital marketing and e-commerce skills for small business owners. This helps them use digital platforms to reach new markets, bringing the total number of beneficiaries from these training programs to 330 trainees.
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