Wema Bank Plc announced that it has launched its fourth edition of business school in Port Harcourt to empower small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria.
According to a statement released on Tuesday, the school was designed to help build capacity for SMEs in the country.
The Divisional Head, Retail Business, Wema Bank, Dotun Ifebogun, said that Wema SME Business School was birthed to close the critical knowledge gap in the SME space in Nigeria, and each edition of the programme takes place in a different part of the country to ensure that SMEs all around the country participate and benefit.
Ifebogun said, “The 4th edition of the Wema SME Business School, which holds in Port Harcourt would impart contemporary business management skills and knowledge to growing businesses operating within the South-South region of the country. We intend to make them champions and successful enterprises, thus supporting the economic growth of the country.”
The bank said it collaborated with top-notch consultants from renowned organisations within and outside Nigeria, including Deloitte, Facebook (Meta), and Nexford University, to serve as facilitators on the programme and ensure that the participants got an immersive and invaluable learning experience.
The Wema SME Business School is an initiative aimed at bridging key knowledge gap for SMEs in Nigeria. It is specifically designed to impart skills and knowledge that are relevant to players within the SME segment, and it takes cognizance of the diversity of its target audience in the simplicity of course delivery.
The third edition of the business school held in March 2022, and was done in partnership with the Abuja Enterprise Agency.
