BRAC Bank and BRAC University have joined hands to provide access to finance exclusively to women-led startups.
BRAC Bank and BRAC Business School of BRAC University have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under a programme styled ‘Uddomi Ami’.
The two organizations will impart the hands-on training required to establish startup businesses. In this intensive grooming programme, aspiring women entrepreneurs will be able to hone their managerial and entrepreneurial skills and become successful in business.
Syed Abdul Momen, Deputy Managing Director & Head of SME Banking, BRAC Bank; and Dr. Mohammad MujibulHaque, Dean, BRAC University Business School, signed the agreement at the university recently.
Prof Syed Mahfuzul Aziz, Acting VC, BRAC University; Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman, Director, SME & Special Programmes Department, Bangladesh Bank; Dr. Dave Dowland, Register, BRAC University; and senior officials of both organizations were present.
Women Entrepreneurs who completed the ‘Uddomi Ami’ training programme of BRAC University can get the partnership facility. After the grooming programme, the women entrepreneurs can apply for startup financing from BRAC Bank.
