Access Bank opens Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton season 5
Access Bank Plc has unveiled the ‘W’ initiative, Womenprenuer Pitch-a-ton Season 5.
The initiative is targeted at inspiring, connecting and empowering women while riding on the Access Bank’s vision to be the bank of choice for women in the markets and communities being served.
Addressing journalists at the event, Abiodun Olubitan, Group Head, W Initiative, said: “This programme has been designed to create an enabling environment for female entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. Access Bank has been a leading advocate for women’s economic empowerment in Africa and this is the key motivation for the ‘W’ Initiative which caters to the women’s economy particularly in the areas of financing, capacity building and creating networking opportunities for women.”
He added: “We launched the first Womenpreneur pitch-a-ton initiative in 2019 in line with our value proposition to be the No. 1 Bank of Choice for women in Nigeria, and we have received over 150,000 applications over the last four years, awarded the Mini-MBA training to 300 women and provided over N45 million in grants. This year, we are making the programme bigger and better by increasing the number to 120 women entrepreneurs who will emerge as finalists.”
