A SENEGALESE chemical company, Industries Chimiques du Senegal (ICS), has teamed up with the UN Development Programme office in Senegal to launch a poverty reduction programme. Under the agreement, ICS will offer loans to small business entrepreneurs, particularly women and young people, as well as offer sub-contracts to others. The company will also assist UNDP in providing training to selected small businesses. The programme, which will take place in suburbs of the capital Dakar, will receive US $240,000 per year from ICS, UNDP said. – Irin
Friday November 2, 2001
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