Specialist: Freelancing increases the efficiency of financial awareness among individuals
As part of its efforts to enhance and maximize women's participation in economic development, Asharqia Chamber, represented by the Women's Empowerment Center, organized on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, via video call, a workshop entitled "How to Own Your Freelance Business" in cooperation with the Dalni Business Center affiliated with the Social Development Bank, presented by Business Development Consultant Mustafa Al-Mawafi, in the presence of a number of entrepreneurs and those interested in freelance work.
In which Consultant Al-Mawafi discussed the concepts and terms of freelance work, the skills of freelancers, areas and platforms for empowerment and financing products, in addition to the method of transforming the skills of attendees into successful businesses by providing them with the tools and knowledge necessary to build projects that meet the needs of the local market and achieve financial independence for them.
Al-Mawafi stressed to the attendees that the way to start the steps of establishing a freelance business is through adequate preparation with the skills and knowledge necessary for the individual regarding the work he wants to start, determining the financial and cognitive value of the field he wants to enter, and moving towards raising experiences through the advice provided by experts and pioneers in the investment field.
Al-Mawafi added that it is important for a freelancer to have the skill of time management, because it greatly helps in creating organization, commitment to reach the steps of success, and the skill of building a circle of relationships because it is a basic success engine in starting to enter the labor market.
Counselor Al-Mawafi pointed out that freelance jobs help in financial awareness, which raises the efficiency of saving for the individual through the different experiences that the individual will go through, in addition to increasing income and various investments that start small and then over time turn into a successful investment project.
Al-Mawafi also reviewed during the meeting the financing products for freelancers provided by the Social Development Bank, in addition to reviewing the advisory and awareness services and programs in the field of enabling individuals to perform their work and start freelance projects.
