Aduragbemi Omiyale
By Aduragbemi Omiyale
On Saturday, March 12, 2022, women entrepreneurs in Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan and Port Harcourt will have the opportunity to display their products and services for free and network with others to boost their businesses.
This free platform is being provided by Ecobank Nigeria through its female-flagship initiative called Ellevate. It is to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD).
Apart from the free exhibition, participants will undergo free training sessions to be facilitated by experts to help their businesses.
The Ellevate by Ecobank is designed to reduce gender inequality in entrepreneurship and aid equal representation for women in the formal business sector.
It is aimed at deepening engagement with women-owned businesses, leveraging various unique financial and non-financial benefits.
It promises an end-to-end partnership in which they could gain access to financial services specially tailored for them and loans at special terms and discounts. They could also get fixed deposit investments at special premium rates, zero account maintenance fee, continuous financial education and capacity building under the Ecobank/ AUDA-NEPAD academy and other special arrangements.
Also, they would have access to networking and recognition under its business clubs as well as access to markets and leveraging its various e-commerce solutions.
All these in addition to giving them access to Ecobank’s unique digital payments and collections platforms like Omnilite for payments, EcobankpayNQR for contactless local and cross-border collections and modern POS channels, various lifestyle benefits including campaigns and promotions to drive Ellevate customers’ business growth and personal well-being.
Speaking on the upcoming event, Head of Consumer Products at Ecobank Nigeria, Ms Daberechi Effiong, said there is no better way to celebrate women on their special day than to expose them on how to make their lives and businesses better.
According to her, “as a female-friendly bank, we have decided to celebrate with female entrepreneurs by providing them with an avenue to showcase their products and services. I advise them to take advantage of this opportunity to showcase their business offerings.
“They also have the opportunity to network and make their brand known. We will also invite experts in different business segments to offer them some tutorials.
“All these services are free. We are not charging them. We want to help them become better entrepreneurs to boost their business. All they need to do is to register via https://bit.ly/EllevateIWDRegistration.
