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32 women entrepreneurs graduate from WEDP
32 women entrepreneurs graduated from the Walmart Women Entrepreneurship Development Program (WEDP), which trained these entrepreneurs in professional and soft skills to help build robust businesses.
Hyderabad: 32 women entrepreneurs graduated from the Walmart Women Entrepreneurship Development Program (WEDP), which trained these entrepreneurs in professional and soft skills to help build robust businesses.
The graduation event was attended by women entrepreneurs, retail industry experts, NGOs and government officials. WEDP was supported by Walmart and implemented by WEConnect International and Vrutti.
The programme was launched in April 2016 and consisted of several training modules to help develop the pipeline of women-owned businesses for the industry. Walmart India identified eight of the WOBs as future Walmart India suppliers as the products fitted the assortment apart from meeting all other parameters to becoming a supplier.
At the graduation event, Walmart announced the project’s continuation into its second year. The details of the application process for the training program, as well as the criteria for selection will be announced in the near future.
