Above:Speaker of the day presenting to the forum attendants
ISBI hosted a micro-entrepreneurship forum at ECT on Thursday 7th 2016 which was attended by business people operating within and beyond Nairobi County. The three main speakers from Equity Bank, Donholm branch took the participants through the theme ‘Financial Empowerment in the Jua Kali Sector’ for the three-hour seminar.
Visitors streamed in at 11.00 am and were given a tour of the College. The main speakers arrived later to begin the forum at 12.30 am. Main topics under the theme included banking processes, aim of financial agencies, technology in banking, loan management, debt management, budgeting, saving, banking services and investment.
Above: Forum participants
A highly interactive question and answer session then began as businessmen were eager to know more from the professionals. This was a rare chance for them to directly ask questions and get answers immediately from experts in the banking sector.
The forum ended at 03.00 pm with the participants getting a treat of refreshments and one-on-one sessions with the main speakers. The main objective of these fora is to empower business people and prospective business people through group mentorship. ISBI offers a course in basic entrepreneurship skills in which participants are taken through incubation and mentorship programs to help them begin or grow their businesses.