MONROVIA, LIBERIA-The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), in partnership with iCampus Liberia, has launched a seventeen-month women’s fisheries incubator in Monrovia.

The initiative is aimed at empowering women and young female entrepreneurs across Liberia’s nine coastal counties.

Speaking at the launch, NaFAA Director General Cyrus Saygbe described the initiative as a strategic investment in women, noting that their contributions to fish processing, marketing and distribution remain vital to Liberia’s fisheries industry.

According to her, the program offers eligible women-led fisheries businesses an opportunity to strengthen their operations and access grants of up to twenty thousand United States dollars.

For his part, iCampus Chief Executive Officer Luther Jeke said the program will provide grant financing of eight thousand, fourteen thousand and twenty thousand United States dollars to selected businesses emerging as winners of the initiative.

He assured participants that the selection process would be transparent and accessible to eligible applicants across the various coastal counties.

Meanwhile, the Assistant Minister of Small Businesses at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Jekeh Koiyan, has encouraged women and young people to take advantage of the opportunity.