Airtel Payments Bank to support 1L women entrepreneurs
Airtel Payments Bank has launched an initiative ‘She Leads Bharat: Udyam’ in collaboration with Frontier Markets, and Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.
Hyderabad: Airtel Payments Bank has launched an initiative ‘She Leads Bharat: Udyam’ in collaboration with Frontier Markets, and Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth. The initiative will support 1,00,000 women-owned small businesses with resources, tools, and opportunities to grow and diversify their incomes.
In first phase, the initiative will enable 1,00,000 women-owned small businesses in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to learn and earn via Frontier Markets’ proprietary, flexible Meri-Saheli platform. 10,000 of these women small business owners will be further enabled to grow their business by becoming Airtel Payments Bank Business Correspondents (BCs) and unlock additional revenue streams.
“Taking our commitment forward to empower women in rural India to embark on their entrepreneurial endeavours, we are collaborating with Frontier Markets and Mastercard on She Leads Bharat: Udyam,” said Anubrata Biswas, MD&CEO, Airtel Payments Bank.
