Myanmar / Ooredoo to train 30,000 women as airtime agents

Ooredoo and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women have announced a partnership to bring the benefits of mobile technology to under-served communities and support women’s entrepreneurship in Myanmar. They are developing a franchise model to enable 30,000 women to become entrepreneuses by 2016, by selling prepaid Ooredoo airtime to their communities. Each will get a business kit containing a mobile phone, promotional materials and an operating manual, along with hands-on training in how to run their businesses.

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via Ooredoo to train 30,000 Myanmar women as airtime agents – Telecompaper.