The SME radio programme organised by Fidelity Bank Plc to educates and inspires Nigerian entrepreneurs, on the radio station, Inspiration 92.3 FM, in Lagos State has been extended to Ibadan and Uyo.
Inspired by its success rate, the financial institution noted that , the broadcast would now be air on Inspiration 100.5 FM Ibadan and 105.9 FM Uyo.
In its message which was sent to the Bank’s customers via mail revealed that the Forum gets an average, weekly, listeners of over 3 million making it the most popular and listened-to morning programme on radio in the state of Lagos.
The show has also served as a platform for increased business opportunities.
Seeing this advantage it offers the people of Lagos, the Bank decided to extend its reach to other parts of Nigeria, starting with this branch out to Uyo and Ibadan.
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Part of the message reads, “The extension of its coverage to Ibadan and Uyo will help to further consolidate our position as the leading player in the MSME banking space in Nigeria and serve as a key driver of business development for our Bank via the aggregation of business leads, cross-selling opportunities and conversations.”
Entrepreneurs have a huge impact on the economy of a clime and this demands that appropriate attention, education, enabling and opportunities should be offered to them.
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This would not only make them create better solutions to challenges, but it would also help their earning power.
Recall that, in August Fidelity Bank Plc empowered twelve small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) with N6.4 million in the maiden edition of its SMEs Funding Connect program.
The Fidelity SME Funding Connect 2019, titled, “Entrepreneurship meets Capital, is said to be extended to other parts of Nigeria too.
According to the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo, “the essence is to bring fund providers together for the benefit of those who need funding,” he added.
Fidelity Bank’s focus is all-inclusive and concentrated on SMEs generally because they need that voice that all-inclusive.”
