Saliminata porquet a woman gripping
degree in child psychology, she first mounted a restaurant, Chez Aunt Sally, before creating his own packaging company which supplies several countries in the sub- region. His ambition: to serve the cause of women without misery. "Look at the development programs: one does deals with women when we talk about poverty and AIDS," she says indignantly. His Federation of Women Entrepreneurs in Côte d'Ivoire, which shapes and informs women, has more than 10 000. Micro-finance, lobbying, Salimata Porquet is fighting on several fronts. The most ambitious is no doubt that constituted by the International Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs, which aims to create a global network of influence and trade. This elegant woman fist has become one of the few African to head a manufacturing company, the Safem, a manufacturer of plastic packaging (60 employees). "Basically, trade only keep Africa in poverty," she laments. To track ever so slightly the pace of globalization, we need our country to industrialize. Our model is India. There, microenterprise SMEs have become true value-adding. In Africa too, it should be possible. "
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