30 results
- 2 Nov 2021
Access Bank Partners LSETF to kick Start Grassroots Engagement on W Initiative Loan Scheme
Access Bank, through the W Initiative is committed to Inspiring, Connecting, and Empowering women. In 2019, the LSETF W Initiative Loan - a matching fund-financing option for female MSMEs in Lagos…
- 7 Jul 2020
Access Bank W Initiative Boosts Opportunities Of Women SMEs
Access Bank through the W initiative, has empowered women, owned and managed SMEs by putting together an innovative bundle of offerings designed to support the more than a few aspects of business…
- 18 Jul 2023
Access Bank Launches Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Season 5
Access Bank plc has unveiled the W initiative Womenprenuer Pitch-a-ton Season 5. The W Initiative is aimed at inspiring, connecting and empowering women while riding on the Access Bank’s vision to be…
- 23 Nov 2020
Access Bank, IFC Empower 50 Female Entrepreneurs
Access Bank Plc and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have empowered 50 women across Africa who graduated from the bank’s ‘W’ Womenpreneur pitch-a-ton Africa initiative. The participants…
- 29 May 2024
Access Bank Supports Women Entrepreneurs to Tap $2Bn Event Industry Opportunity
Access Bank through its W initiative is supporting women entrepreneurs in the event industry to tap the industry opportunity and scale their businesses. Abiodun Olubitan, group head of women banking…
- 9 Dec 2021
Access Bank, IFC Empowers 100 Female Entrepreneurs Across Africa
Access Bank Plc and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have empowered 100 female entrepreneurs across Africa who graduated from the bank’s ‘W’ Womenpreneur pitch-a-ton Africa initiative. The…
- 16 Dec 2022
Access Bank Renews Commitment to Women Empowerment
Access Bank Plc has stated its commitment to women’s empowerment after graduating the first group of female drivers through the W-Initiative. The bank recently held a graduation ceremony and…
- 22 Jun 2021
Access Bank Launches Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Season 3, Pledges to Empowering Female Entrepreneurs Across Africa
As part of the Bank’s mandate to empower female entrepreneurs with financial and business skills, Access Bank Plc has unveiled the third edition of its Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa programme. The…
- 24 Oct 2024
Key Takeaways from 2024 MTN Foundation Scholarship Awards Ceremony in Enugu, Lagos and Abuja
The 2024 MTN Foundation scholarship awards ceremony recently took place in Enugu, Lagos and Abuja, where recipients across the country were awarded the prestigious MTN Foundation scholarship. Odunayo…
- 5 Nov 2016
Access Bank Trains 600 Womenpreneur
In sustenance of its objective to empowering Women in Business, Access Bank Plc through its W Academy recently organised the Womenpreneur Business Workshop – a capacity building workshop for female…
- 10 Mar 2022
TD Africa Fetes Female Entrepreneurs on 2022 Int’l Women’s Day
Women have been urged to wake up to the myriad of opportunities presented by a rapidly evolving 21st Century and take their rightful places in the highly competitive business environment, while…
- 29 Jul 2019
Access Bank Dangles Collateral-Free Loan to SMEs, Others
Access Bank has unveiled a fresh audacious plan to fund the small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) as well as health and education sectors after a similar exercise for the players in the creative…
- 11 Apr 2021
BIO-key Begins Biometric Hardware and Software Shipment to Nigeria
BIO-key has begun shipping biometric hardware and software to Nigeria to support its large-scale initiatives for civil ID, e-commerce and financial inclusion, the company has announced. The first…
- 4 Aug 2015
Access Bank Launches Promo for Women
Access Bank has announced the commencement of the Women! Let’s save promo. This is a unique, first of its kind promo, aimed at encouraging women to save while the Bank rewards their savings…
- 23 Sept 2019
MainOne Restates Commitment to Host Communities, Equips Ogombo Schools
As part of its continued commitment towards the development of its host community, Ogombo Ajah, MainOne has focused on improving the standard and access to education by addressing infrastructure gaps…
- 24 Mar 2015
Nebo, Johnson Back Omatek Moves to Cut Nigeria’s Power Consumption By 85%
Professor Chindu Nebo, minister of Power and his counterpart in the Ministry of Communication Technology, Dr. Omobola Johnson, on Monday described as iconic, the moves by Nigeria’s integrated…
- 14 Oct 2024
MTN Foundation holds 2024 Scholarship Awards Ceremony in Lagos
Following the completion of its award ceremony in Enugu and Abuja, MTN Foundation has hosted the final ceremony in Lagos, awarding over 1000 students with scholarships and grants. The Scholarship is…
- 1 Dec 2024
Meta Plans $10Bn Subsea Cable Project to Boost Connectivity
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, reportedly plans to invest over $10 billion in a privately owned subsea cable network spanning more than 40,000 kilometers. This…
- 4 Apr 2017
Impact of Digital Skills in Africa
In spite of the giant stride in the evolution on innovations of web-based businesses, etc., in the technology ecosystem in Africa, the impact of digital skills is still very low due to many…
- 22 Apr 2013
Samsung Arms Talents in Fashion Industry
Samsung Electronics, in furtherance of its commitment to facilitating economic growth and development in Nigeria says it is offering five young, ‘up-and-coming’ Nigerian fashion designers an…
- 5 Dec 2017
BCIU Honours Elumelu with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Global Entrepreneurship Award
The Business council for International Understanding (BCIU), a non-profit U.S Business association dedicated to forging relationships and promoting dialogue between business and government…
- 14 Mar 2013
Intel Marks International Day for Women with Entrepreneurship Training
The need to bridge the gap in access to basic Information and Communication Technology (ICT) between men and women has been identified as critical to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goal…
- 26 Jul 2019
MTN Nigeria releases unaudited results, posts 566.95bn revenue in six months
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has released its unaudited result for the six months ended June 30 and announced an interim dividend of N2.95 per share to its shareholders. The company disclosed this…
- 13 May 2025
W’Bank Says Cash Transfer Missed Millions of Needy Nigerians
The World Bank has faulted the Federal Government’s conditional cash transfer programme, stating that the initiative failed to reach millions of Nigerians in need of urgent economic relief, as only…
- 25 Jun 2024
CBN Issues IMTOs Naira Access to Boost Liquidity & Diaspora Remittances
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), issued new measures to facilitate naira liquidity and raise diaspora remittances. In its latest circular, the apex bank stated that eligible International Money…
- 16 Apr 2018
Aliko Dangote, Kelechi Amadi-Obi, Akin Oyebode Auctioned Off At EiE's Light A Candle Dinner For 600,000 Naira
Enough is Enough Nigeria held their fundraising event for the RSVP and Office of the Citizen program on Sunday, April 15 2018 at the Harbor Point, Victoria Island Lagos. The event…
- 7 Mar 2014
Intel advocates Women Empowerment with ICT, Entrepreneurial Skills
Intel Corporation has joined in the global celebration of International Women’s Day with a call for improved commitment towards the empowerment of women and the girl child in all fields of human…
- 2 Jun 2017
U.S. Embassy Honours Five Nigerian TechWomen
The United States have selected five Nigerian women in the technology space for honours. The Embassy through TechWomen, an initiative empowering and connecting the next generation of women leaders in…
- 4 Jul 2015
Interswitch Partners PCI Security Standards Council to Improve Payment Data Security Worldwide
Interswitch transnational Africa’s integrated payments and transaction switching giant announced that it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council on the improvement of data security globally. As…
- 11 Dec 2017
Ambassador Symington Launches YALI Transparency Campaign in Lagos
By peter oluka Members of the Young Africa Leaders Initiative (YALI) Network on Monday kick-started a month-long “Transparency and Good Governance Campaign” in commemoration of the 2017 International…