Wema Bank partners FG to empower 500,000 women

Wema Bank has partnered with the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs to launch MOWA x SARA Accelerator Programme, an initiative aimed at empowering 500,000 women across Nigeria with vocational and business management skills.

SARA by Wema is Wema Bank’s women-focused proposition established with the goal of promoting gender inclusion and equality by empowering women with tailored resources, opportunities and solutions essential to enable them to thrive personally and professionally.

MOWA x SARA Accelerator Programme was launched at a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony held recently in Abuja.

It is set to run for 24 months and will cover 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The focus will be on two areas: vocational skills and business management skills with a schedule encompassing two days of soft skills and business management skills, followed by two days of vocational training.

The 5-day in-person training session will be organised into eight cohorts with the initial pilot phase starting in Anambra and spanning to Ekiti and Kano, a statement by the bank said.

Wema Bank’s Executive Director of Retail and Digital, Tunde Mabawonku said, “Nigeria’s ever-evolving macroeconomic landscape calls for an acutely intentional approach to providing tailored solutions and opportunities to empower our people, especially the women.

“At Wema Bank, we understand this need as captured in our mission of empowering lives through innovation and we are very intentional about tailoring our empowerment efforts to the needs of our diverse customer demographics. This commitment is evident in our solutions, partnerships, products, initiatives, and propositions; one of which is SARA by Wema.”