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Woman entrepreneur pivots to adopt tech helping housewives earn extra income

A WOMAN-LED enterprise, assisted by the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) through its Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC)-Misamis Oriental, now employed more than 60 local workers, mostly housewives. During peak production, the firm employed more than 70 persons including those on call.

The enterprise was a second time beneficiary of the assistance under the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program, one of the flagship programs of the DoST, being implemented by the DoST regional offices.