AWCCI Magazines Afghan Women in Business (Issue 3) | Page 18

“ I got to know about the existing opportunities for businesswomen inside and out-
side the country that I didn’t know by getting AWCCI’s membership. Being a member
of AWCCI, I receive notifications about the opportunities every day.”
Zaitoon Bahram, President of Ebra Afghan Company.
AWCCI’S members participation in
Passage 2 Prosperity third annual
trade show
8 members and board of director of AWC-
CI had the chance to be a part of Passage
2 Prosperity Third annual trade show from
24- 26 September 2019 at Delhi, India.
The participants were Ms. Afsana Rahimi,
Chair of AWCCI, Ms. Athena Hashimi,
AWCCI board member, Ms. Zahra Kazemi,
Ms. Asemeh Jarir, Ms. Najma Ghaibi, Ms.
Hasina Zaeefi, Ms. Mumtaz Yusufzai and
Ms. Hanifa Fatemi, members of AWCCI.
US embassy in Afghanistan facilitated par-
Exhibitions, Networking with international
businessmen and women, and Question and
Answer with panelists regarding business in
Afghanistan and how to face the challeng-
es. This was a fruitful program for business-
women.
It is worth mentioning that during this trip,
two MoU’s are signed by Ms. Afsana Rahi-
mi, Chair of AWCCI on behalf of AWC-
CI with The Federation of Indian Women
ticipation 33 Afghan businesswomen in this Entrepreneurs (FIWE) and Consortium of
program. Through the program, participants Women Entrepreneurs of India.
had the opportunity of B2B matchmaking,
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