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Facebook conducts workshop to help SMEs, SHGs boost online biz in Odisha

Around 2,250 micro entrepreneurs and self-help groups got trained in digital marketing at Balasore

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Facebook logo is seen at a start-up companies gathering at Paris' Station F in Paris, France on January 17, 2017. (Photo: Reuters)

Jayajit Dash Bhubaneswar
Facebook on Friday trained 2,250 micro entrepreneurs and self-help groups (SHGs) in digital marketing at its biggest ever workshop in the state at Balasore. The training programme was hosted under 'Boost Your Business' series in which the social networking giant has partnered with the Odisha government.
 
As per the terms of partnership with the state government's MSME department and 'Project Mission Shakti', Facebook has agreed to train 25,000 entrepreneurs across the state.

Prafulla Samal, Odisha's minister for MSMEs said, "The training of micro entrepreneurs and SHGs by Facebook will result in their digital empowerment. It will help them in digitally