Prime Highlights-
- Liberia’s Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection partners with Cybastion to launch women’s digital and business innovation hubs nationwide.
- The Liberia Women’s Digital and Economic Empowerment Program targets digital skills, entrepreneurship training and business development for women.
Key Facts-
- Flagship hub opens in Monrovia, with regional sites planned for Voinjama, Gbarnga, Kakata and Buchanan.
- Theya Foundation partners with Cisco to deliver training through the Cisco Networking Academy.
Background-
Liberia’s Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has partnered with technology firm Cybastion to build women’s digital and business innovation hubs equipped with childcare centres across the country.
The two sides signed the agreement during the Corporate Council on Africa’s Trade and Investment Roundtable, held alongside the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Cybastion CEO Dr. Thierry Wandji Ketchiozo and Liberia’s Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Gbeme Horace Kollie, signed for their respective organizations.
The initiative, called the Liberia Women’s Digital and Economic Empowerment Program, aims to widen women’s access to digital skills, entrepreneurship training and business development support.
Cybastion’s philanthropic arm, Theya Foundation, will collaborate with Cisco to deliver digital skills and entrepreneurship training for women and young people through the Cisco Networking Academy.
Ketchiozo said Liberian women drive the nation’s economic and social progress, and he expressed confidence that combining digital skills, entrepreneurship support and modern childcare in one setting would help women build stronger businesses and take a fuller role in Liberia’s digital economy.
A flagship campus will rise in Monrovia, with four regional sites planned for Voinjama, Gbarnga, Kakata and Buchanan. Each location will offer business development support, mentorship and a modern childcare centre so mothers of young children can join training and entrepreneurship programmes.
Cisco Executive Vice President and Chief People, Policy and Purpose Officer Francine Katsoudas voiced strong support for the partnership, noting its potential to broaden digital skills and entrepreneurship opportunities for Liberian women entrepreneurs.
