MTN Foundation to set up facility to skill 400 girls annually

MTN Foundation, in partnership with Smart Girls Foundation, has embarked on constructing skilling facility with the capacity to train 400 girls annually in vocational programs. The facility, to be housed at the Smart Girls Foundation offices in Kampala, will specialize in vocational and business upskilling, inclusive of courses like electricity installation, house painting, tailoring, carpentry, welding, catering, among others. Speaking during the ground-breaking ceremony held in Kampala yesterday, MTN Uganda General Manager for Customer Experience, Dorcas Muhwezi said the project is envisaged to give birth to 40 new women-led businesses in the country.  “The objective of the project is to…