{"id":32695,"date":"2019-06-22T09:35:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T08:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=32695"},"modified":"2019-06-22T09:35:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T08:35:43","slug":"access-bank-launches-womenpreneur-pitch-a-ton-opens-call-for-entry-to-support-women-in-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/access-bank-launches-womenpreneur-pitch-a-ton-opens-call-for-entry-to-support-women-in-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Access Bank Launches Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton  &#8230; opens call-for-entry to support women in business."},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">As part of efforts to provide financial and business skills to female entrepreneurs, Access Bank Plc has announced the launch of its Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton 2019, a capacity building initiative which will provide financial grants as well as mini-MBA in conjunction with the International Finance Corporation (IFC, a member of the World Bank Group) for fifty winners.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton is targeted at women above the age of 18 years who have been in business for at least one year.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Speaking on the initiative, Ayona Aguele-Trimnell, Coordinator, W Initiative, Access Bank, stated that the Pitch-A-Ton is an expansion of the Womenpreneur Business Workshop, under the Bank\u2019s women proposition, the W Initiative.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">She said, \u201cIn line with our value proposition as the No. 1 Bank of Choice for women in Nigeria, we are happy to announce the launch of the Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton 2019 which will provide up to N10 million financial grant and a unique capacity building program aimed at empowering women entrepreneurs.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe Pitch-A-Ton is designed as a 3-month programme incorporating pitching sessions and 3 weeks of mini-MBA training in collaboration with the IFC.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAccess Bank has been a leading advocate for women\u2019s economic empowerment in Nigeria and this is the key motivation for the W Initiative which caters to the women economy particularly in the areas of capacity building and creating networking opportunities for women\u201d she added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Explaining the mechanics for participation, Ada Udechukwu, Head, Women Banking said: \u201cInterested persons who meet the criteria are required to fill an online application. The five hundred candidates selected from this pool will then send in a sixty seconds video pitch which will be screened by a credible panel of business experts to select fifty finalists.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">She added: \u201cAs part of the graduation requirements, the fifty finalists will pitch their businesses, infusing learnings from the mini-MBA and will stand an opportunity to win financial grants up to N5 million.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">As a leading commercial bank in Nigeria, Access Bank has made significant investments aimed at enhancing growth in the Small and Medium-size\u00a0 Enterprise sector. The Bank is also a major advocate for women in business through innovative offerings like the W Power Loan, a discounted financing at 15% interest per annum, for women to grow their business as well as other Business Support Services.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton is the first women-in-business support initiative of its kind in the industry. 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