Wema Bank Builds Capacity For SMEs

Wema Bank Plc is hosting its maiden Business Growth and Innovation Conference in Enugu, the Enugu State capital, in its bid to equip small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in Enugu, Enugu State, with adequate knowledge and skills to boost their businesses.

The conference, being organised in partnership with the Enugu SME Centre, the Enugu State government’s SME development agency, will hold on Wednesday, February 15th and Thursday, February 16th, 2023.

The head, SME Banking at Wema Bank, Arthur Nkemeh, speaking ahead of the conference, said, the two-day conference, which will cover key areas of business management, such as strategy and innovation, digital transformation, sales and marketing, and financial management, will upskill business owners and managers and boost the capacity and growth of SMEs in Enugu.

“The Enugu Business Growth and Innovation Conference is intended to bridge the knowledge gap that exists in the SMEs space. It will equip attendees with best-in-class knowledge and skills in business management.

program will be delivered by world-class facilitators who are subject matter experts in various aspects of business management, in keeping to our position as the leading bank in the SME Advisory space in Nigeria,” he stressed.

He noted that, being the leading bank in the SME banking segment in Nigeria, Wema Bank has been a champion of the growth of the SME sector in the country through its various financial and non-financial (business advisory) services for SMEs.

Arthur called on owners and managers of small and medium-scale enterprises in and around Enugu to avail themselves of the opportunity that this conference presents to build their capacity and ensure that their businesses growth potentials are achieved.

“The needs of the SMEs in Nigeria are enormous and range from access to capital to talent acquisition and retention, to management operation and so on. These needs, as diverse as they are, could be better and more effectively addressed through adequate capacity building.

“This is why it is imperative that SMEs owners and managers, especially those in and around Enugu, endeavour to participate in the Conference to learn new strategies that they can use to grow their businesses,” he concluded.

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Also speaking, group head, Corporate Services, Hope PSBank, Cletus Igah, stated that, the initiative is designed to accommodate all Nigerians by ensuring that they can perform any transaction without any hindrance using their digital wallet.

According to Igah, the company remains committed to supporting Nigerians to leverage digital financial services for inclusion, irrespective of their socioeconomic status.

He said, with the digital wallet, individuals and businesses can now access valuable and affordable financial products and services that meet their needs; transactions, payments, savings and delivered responsibly and sustainably, especially in rural areas.

He urged all Nigerians to take advantage of the initiative and the seamless account opening process.

Hope Payment Service Bank, Nigeria’s premier Digital-first Bank was incorporated in September 2019 to leverage digital technologies to deliver inclusive financial services.