Group Head, Women Banking Team, Access Bank PLC, Abiodun Olubitan, described the event as a “crucial step to protecting women in Nigeria”. “Breast and cervical cancer are two of the most common forms of cancer that plague women in Nigeria’s health climate. Recognizing how important early diagnosis is to overall outcomes, we decided to organize this screening program as part of our commitment to continuously empower the Nigerian woman. We are optimistic that through this initiative and many more like it, there will be a marked improvement in the wellbeing of thousands of Nigerian women,” she said.
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Global Citizen Live is part of Global Citizen’s 2021 global campaign, a Recovery Plan for the World. Resolving COVID-19 for all
The award follows Wigwe’s recognition as the Banker of the Year at the 2021 African Banker Awards (second consecutive time) and Best Banking CEO at the 2021 Global Brands Magazine Awards.
Chrisanthi Michaelides, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) was a driving force behind Access Bank Plc’s acquisition of Grobank Limited.
Female Digital School is a female-centric digital academy that educates and prepares the next generation of technology professionals for the job market, providing them with skills, jobs, internships, mentoring and financial assistance for those in need.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by Sunday Ekwochi, Company Secretary, Access Bank Plc.
As Gen Babangida willingly restructured Nigeria from a state-run enterprise to a private sector-led economy, “the government should voluntarily restructure from a federal government-controlled entity to a more diversified control structure”.
The campaign, themed ‘Banks Don’t Ask’, focuses on three key activities that account for most fraud incidents in Nigeria, phishing, SIM card fraud, ATM fraud and POS fraud.
The initiative, which is an offshoot of Access Bank’s Employee Volunteering Scheme, aims to plant seeds of positivity by emphasising the lifesaving power within a pint of blood by raising over 200 pints of blood from donors.
The service allows customers of all account types to deactivate a USSD profile simply by dialling *901*911# from any phone, inputting the registered phone number for the account to be protected and this automatically locks out fraudsters from the individual’s account.
The W Initiative, which is the home of everything Access Bank has to offer women is dedicated to inspiring, connecting and empowering women in business; women and family; as well as young professional women.
The bank has extended support to the male and female National Basketball teams by doling out $30,000 (about N15 million).
The virtual event, themed: “Building Global Leadership,” provided a platform to celebrate outstanding performance and drive the Bank’s ‘One People, One Culture’ ideology across the Group.
The bank also claimed the best goal award for the competition.
This fact was unearthed on Friday as more details emerged on how Ataga was killed on Sunday
The Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa programme is designed to provide female owned businesses across Africa an opportunity to access finance, world-class business trainings as well as mentoring opportunities.
The police charged Peter, whose residential address was not given with four counts of conspiracy, breaking in, damage and attempted to commit felony.
The four semi-finalists include Access Bank, Fidelity, Standard Chartered and Sterling Bank.
The second edition of the award, tagged: “Year of The Digital Takeover,” is a comprehensive celebration of individuals and brands that have leveraged the power of the internet to make life easier and simpler as well as facilitate growth, drive innovation, and attract new talent to the digital space.
Last year alone, the bank invested N10.25 billion in various CSR efforts, working with 43 NGOs across 194 communities and impacting 28,540,046 lives. Through its Employee Volunteering Scheme, the bank’s workers devoted over 2,781,443 hours of their time, talents/resources in over 514 strategic community initiatives across the six geopolitical zones.