PNM takes Mekaar customers on ultra-micro business study tour in Solo
Participants learned to make cassava products such as slondok and gemblong for possible use in their own businesses.
PT Permodalan Nasional Madani (PNM) invited group leaders from the Mekaar customer program to take part in a Reward Study Tour aimed at broadening their outlook on ultra-micro businesses. During the event in Solo, participants learned how to turn simple commodities into value-added products, including cassava processed into slondok and gemblong. PNM Chief Executive Kindaris said direct learning is seen as an effective way to build home-based business capacity, not only through access to financing. One participant, Dyah Wulandari, said she gained new ideas after seeing the cassava processing work turn the crop into products with higher selling value. According to PNM, the program is also intended to strengthen networks, confidence and competitiveness among ultra-micro women entrepreneurs.