Saskatoon program receives funding that helps newcomer women in business
Global News
Saskatoon's business community is getting a financial boost from the federal government to invest in programs to help women entrepreneurs who have immigrated to the city.
Immigrant women who are entrepreneurs in Saskatoon will have an option to help boost their business.
The Saskatoon Open Door Society has a Women’s Business Hub program and recently hosted the Dream to Reality Business Pitching Competition, which gives newcomer women a hand in their entrepreneurial journey.
Motunrayo Babatunde received a financial boost for her photography business.
“I’m so excited to be the winner of today’s event,” she said. “It’s a great opportunity for me.”
The society recently announced it received $1 million dollars in federal funding to expand its women’s business hub.
“The newcomer women entrepreneurs learn how to start their business and… important skills like getting their business ideas to fruition,” Open Door CEO Ali Abukar said.
In the women’s business hub, entrepreneurs learn how to market and sell their products and develop their skills in digital and financial literacy.
Prairie Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) invested $1,020,463 in the society’s newcomer entrepreneurship program.
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