Kazakhstan's Women Entrepreneurs Hope To Learn From Malaysia

ASTANA (Kazakhstan), June 19 (Bernama) -- Kazakhstan's women entrepreneurs are looking forward to gaining business insights from Malaysia.

Source from (Bernama): http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/bu/newsbusiness.php?id=957199
Published: Jun 20, 2013

"We see Malaysia as an Asian tiger and are ready to receive valuable insights.

"Kazakhstan's women entrepreneurs hope to go further in business and are keen to learn from the best, particularly Malaysia, and in terms of innovation," said Kazakhstan Association of Businesswomen president, Raushan Sarsembayeva.

She said this in her opening speech at the Kazakhstan-Malaysia Forum, "Unleashing Women Entrepreneurship Potential" here, today.

Raushan said the quest for business opportunities in Kazakhstan was widening and the association hoped to help more women venture into this sector.

She highlighted that the association had trained about 2,500 women over the past five years, with 90 per cent of them being employed in various sectors, and the rest having opened up their own businesses.

"We are very glad to see their achievement and hope it will increase over the years," she said.

In a related development, a participant welcomed the suggestion by the Malaysian Prime Minister's wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor in her keynote address at the forum, that women should not compare their success with men.

Aizhan Yermekbayeva, 29, who operates an education centre said women should have their own approach and use their unique abilities to attain success.

She also hoped to collaborate with Malaysian universities which were very popular among Kazakhstan students due to their quality.

The inaugural forum was jointly organised by the Kazakhstan Association of Businesswomen and SME Corporation Malaysia and attended by 250 businesswomen from both countries.

-- BERNAMA