Okonjo-Iweala Visits World's Largest Women's Trade Union

Visiting with Reema Nanavaty and the wonderful women of SEWA in Ahmedabad.

SEWA is the 2 million strong trade union of poor self-employed women in India, the largest association of poor women entrepreneurs in the world.

Now they are going global to Nepal, Sri Lanka and elsewhere.

These amazing women use technology to enhance their incomes. With smart phones they buy and sell farm inputs, produce and other products they make getting better prices. They garner and share information on health, education using this to train thousands of other women. They use the African made MPesa mobile payments system.

Proud of these extraordinary women. They are true sisters of the hardworking and multi-talented women of Africa!