Stakeholders in the oil and gas sector have called for increased female participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education to bridge gender gap in the energy sector.
In his remarks, Wabote stated that the mandate of the Board has always been the need to promote local content in every sphere of the oil and gas sector. “Key enablers to local content development are funding, which is why we approached the governing council of the NCDMB and they graciously approved $20 million loan support scheme for women in business which will be domiciled in the Bank of Industry and collaboratively managed by the BoI and the NCDMB,” he added.
She added: “The group has four key pillars of which centres on how to impact the lives of women in the sector as well as research to know the current data of women participation as there is no confirmed data yet.”