COMMONWEALTH BUSINESSWOMEN NETWORK
Strengthening the Commonwealth. Building Businesses. Advancing Women.
53 Countries. One Platform.
The Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network (CBW) works with women in business by connecting Governments and the private sector to encourage and enable women’s economic empowerment. This is achieved through delivering activities, initiatives, products and services focused on trade, talent and training.
CBW also sits on the main governance body on gender for the 53 Commonwealth Governments and can lobby on your behalf.
To provide the tools, opportunities and support necessary to ensure the growth and global reach of women. Whether as entrepreneurs, in corporate life, or in government our focus is on shaping women’s economic empowerment through:
- Trade – provision of a trading platform providing opportunities for women entrepreneurs to connect, collaborate and do business across all 53 countries of the Commonwealth. CBW Multilateral Trade Missions and Delegations.
- Talent – recognition of women entrepreneurs across the 53 countries of the Commonwealth.
- Training – the CBW Academy with its modules on procurement, entrepreneurship and women on boards all delivered by leading global providers.
Xanopia Women’s Business Group was the Regional Partner for CBW, oversight was done for the following countries in Africa.
Each country had a National Leadership Group (NLG) that promoted the objective of CBW in their country:
- Botswana
- Cameroon
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Swaziland
- The Gambia
- Uganda
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Zambia