The generating growth opportunities and productivity for women entrepreneurs-GROW project has been launched in Karamoja, with high hopes of improving business ventures of women in the sub-region.

The launch was presided over by the state minister for labour, employment and industrial relations, Esther Davinia Anyakun, held at Hotel Africana in Moroto today.

Minister Anyakun noted that every Uganda woman doing business in the region is liable to benefit from the GROW project irrespective of their place of origin.

She expressed optimism that the project will not only boost the beneficiaries’ businesses, but also will promote gender equality and the economic empowerment of women in the sub-region and the country at large.

The minister pledged commitment and partnership with the district leadership in the sub-region so that the project meets its intended goal.

The GROW project is a five-year project being funded by the World bank at a tune of 217 million dollars, an equivalent of about 7.5trillion shillings and it is a non-extendable grant launched last year in Soroti city, running up to the end of 2027.

The project targets 60,000 businesses countrywide, with 280,000 women set to benefit.

The launch was attended by 500 beneficent participants and other dignitaries including the state minister for ethics and integrity, Rose Lilly Akello and MPs from the region.