Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- One thousand Anambra women traders were on Wednesday handed a cash grant of N50,000 each to support the recapitalization of their existing trades and small-scale businesses.

500 out of the total number were provided for under the Renewed Hope/ Tony Elumelu Foundation Women Economic Empowerment Program, while the remaining 500 were added by the wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo.

The wife of Nigeria's President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, presented the grants to the women, through Anambra's First Lady, Dr Soludo, at the Light House in Awka

Addressing the women, Mrs Tinubu explained that the empowerment was about supporting the entrepreneurial spirit of women traders and small-scale business owners, deter...