The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Thursday announced its support of the HerVenture app’s efforts to reach and develop women-led businesses.
Officials at the launch of the initiative
The technology giant’s decision to collaborate with the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, based in the UK, and ActionINVEST Caribbean, based in Guyana, stems from its promise to customers to strengthen the community.
Innovatively targeting, training and developing women-owned businesses would positively lend to the development of Guyana’s economy, and create opportunities for all to benefit. GTT’s integral involvement would assist with the further dissemination and download rate of this innovative platform throughout Guyana.
GTT’s CEO, Damian Blackburn, has said that strengthening the community is one of GTT’s key promises to customers. “If the community has the necessary tools and resources to help (it) “rise”, then we all benefit,” he said. Continuing, he added, “Women in business are entrepreneurs who often seize new opportunities in the business sector. They are entrepreneurial, hardworking and innovative; this is why we are proud to collaborate with the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and support HerVenture users on their business journey.”
HerVenture, launched in Guyana in September 2021 – thanks to funding and support from the ExxonMobil Foundation – is a fun, flexible and free award-winning app for women entrepreneurs. Available on Android and iOS platforms, the app provides users with essential business training and support through bite-size lessons, while promoting the user’s confidence to transform their business.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ActionINVEST Caribbean, Davitri Doerga, has said, “The HerVenture app came at an opportune time in Guyana, (when) so many require an easy way to get the knowledge they need to move their ideas and businesses to the next level. In just over 2 months, we have seen well over 2000 women download and utilise the app; and with GTT coming on board, we expect so many more women to benefit. We therefore encourage women to visit the outreaches across the country and have our team get them started.”
Chief Executive Officer of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, Helen McEachern, has related, “We are delighted to be working with GTT to bring business skills and knowledge to even more women entrepreneurs in Guyana through our mobile app, HerVenture. Mobile companies can play a powerful role in steering women to the support, products, and services they need to grow their businesses. Through working with the Foundation and ActionINVEST Caribbean, GTT is helping to not only support the resilience and development of thousands of women-owned businesses, (but) advancing women’s economic empowerment more broadly. We are excited by the great potential our new partnership holds.”
Future users of this app also stand to benefit from the numerous prizes and giveaways offered by GTT through online trivia, coaching seminars, SMS links, and various outreaches this collaboration seeks to conduct.
