5 h. ago 33,000 women reached as Access Bank’s health month enters 7th year

By Chukwuma Umeorah Group Head, Women Banking of Access Bank, Nene Kunle-Ogunlusi, has said more than 33,000 women across Nigeria have benefited from the bank’s ‘W Health Month Initiative’, since its inception in 2019. She said this during the seventh edition of the ‘W’ Health Month, held at Onikan General Hospital, Lagos. Kunle-Ogunlusi explained that […] The post 33,000 women reached as Access Bank’s health month enters 7th year appeared first on The Sun Nigeria.

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2 w. ago Protecting African children: Case for free education, ending child abuse, empowering widows

By Nnadi Shontel Children are Africa’s most valuable resource. The promise of a brighter future rests on their shoulders. Yet across the continent, millions of children face challenges that prevent them from reaching their full potential. Lack of access to quality education, child molestation, and sexual violence remain urgent issues that rob children of their […] The post Protecting African children: Case for free education, ending child abuse, empowering widows appeared first on The Sun Nigeria.

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2 w. ago 1,000 women traders receive grant to boost small scale businesses in Delta

Tribune Online 1,000 women traders receive grant to boost small scale businesses in Delta At least 1,000 women traders in Delta State have been empowered with financial grants to support and expand their small-scale businesses. 1,000 women traders receive grant to boost small scale businesses in Delta Tribune Online

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3 w. ago Access Bank empowers 878 women with $175,000 grants, training

By Chukwuma Umeorah and Ifeoma Nwajei Access Bank has awarded grants worth about $175,000 and trained over 878 women entrepreneurs through its Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton initiative since the programme was launched in 2019. The bank disclosed this on Tuesday while announcing the commencement of applications for the seventh edition of the programme under Access Bank’s W-Initiative, […] The post Access Bank empowers 878 women with $175,000 grants, training appeared first on The Sun Nigeria.

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3 w. ago Sudden ban on sheanut exports may undermine investor confidence, threaten jobs —CPPE

Tribune Online Sudden ban on sheanut exports may undermine investor confidence, threaten jobs —CPPE …says over $3bn non-oil exports gains may be reversed The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has warned that the sudden implementation of the six-month ban on raw Shea nut exports, by the Federal Government, may undermine investor confidence, threaten thousands of jobs in cultivation, aggregation, logistics, and trade in Shea nuts, and […] Sudden ban on sheanut exports may undermine investor confidence, threaten jobs —CPPE Tribune Online

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3 w. ago ASHA Microfinance Bank Launches Lifecare Scheme, Champions Market Health at Ile

In a bid to bolster social protection for grassroots communities, ASHA Microfinance Bank (the Nigeria subsidiary of ASA International Group, read more ASHA Microfinance Bank Launches Lifecare Scheme, Champions Market Health at Ile -Epo

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last month Why Most Poor Women Didn’t Benefit From N50,000 Support – Kano Commissioner

Kano State government says the large population of beneficiaries accounted for why the N50,000 support for poor and vulnerable women did not go round. The commissioner for Women Affairs, Children, and Disabled, Amina Hanga, made this known while addressing newsmen yesterday at a film screening event in Kano organised by the Fable Advisory and Isa […]

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