Uneiza Ali lssufo, left, wins UNCTAD Empretec Gold award
There was no single Nigerian female entrepreneur among winners of the UNCTAD Empretec Women in Business awards held in Geneva Switzerland today.
The first prize, the Gold Award was won by the founder of ConsMoz Ltd., a construction company based in Nampula, northern Mozambique.
The award was for her commitment to quality, sustainability and environmental protection – as well as for her pioneering leadership in a traditionally male-led sector.
Civil engineer Uneiza Ali Issufo founded ConsMoz after finding it difficult to get ahead in the construction companies she had been working for, despite being president of her local contractors’ association.
After participating in an Empretec entrepreneurship training workshop in 2017, the MBA graduate was able to expand her business so that it now employs 800 women and men and lands large building contracts demanding top quality and green credentials.
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