The Women's Business Group Foundation (WBG), is a business related NGO in Suriname which was established on May 11, 1993 and registered in the Public Registry Foundation under number 1076. In 1998, the Bureau of the Women's Business Group was established as executive arm of the foundation which serves as a coordination point of all the WBG activities. It aims to strengthen the productive capacity of female and male entrepreneurs, with a special focus on youth, who conduct business nationally and internationally as a means to facilitate social and economic development in Suriname and to alleviate poverty. WBG also brings entrepreneurs in touch with and provide information on the application of simple technologies to increase their production capacity.