New woman chamber of commerce and industry

Board of PNGWCCI with Hammad Siddiqui (Back row, center). Picture by Raksy Heron

Leading Papua New Guinea woman entrepreneurs have taken a step forward in forming a new woman chamber of commerce and industry, the Papua New Guinea Woman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PNGWCCI).

The PNGWCCI, which is the only woman chamber in PNG, seeks to empower and strengthen woman entrepreneurs and leaders to build their capacity, business networks and advocate innovatively to create wealth and prosperity in an enabling environment.

While the chamber is new, it has already received local and international recognition according to an international expert.

“You have been recognised by the local media. The US embassy and international organizations like CIPE. ” said Hammad Siddiqui, the senior program manager of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE).

The Center for International Private Enterprise, an internationally recognised organization with over 30 years of accumulated experience and expertise in chamber formation and management is taking a keen interest in supporting and developing PNGWCCI to be one of the internationally recognised woman chambers in PNG.

The board of PNGWCCI received a special one week training from CIPE experts this week. The training exclusively covered topics on chamber formation, member recruiting and retention to strategic planning and management of the chamber.

The president of the PNGWCCI, Avia Koisen, vice president Janet Sios and the board members expressed gratitude to the CIPE for reaching out to help PNGWCCI.