The “W’ initiative is continuously making a difference has its honoured three female students with the W Student Achievers Award for their sterling academic performance in the just-concluded 2021/2022 academic session.
The students of Grace Borders International School, Vital Years School, and Priory Prep School, emerged as Best Graduating Female Students at the End-of-Session Graduation Ceremonies held in July 2022 in their respective schools.
The Group Head, Access Bank “W” Initiative, Abiodun Olubitan who attended the three graduation ceremonies, presented each student with a cash prize of N100,000 from the Bank.
“This Award was created to further show our dedication to recognizing excellence in young girls and reiterate our commitment to the education sector,” Olubitan stated.
Commenting on other exciting offerings for the school ecosystem under the “W” Initiative, Olubitan said, “The “W” Initiative is the home of everything Access Bank has to offer women. And women in the education sector are not left out. We have loans that will assist school owners and educators acquire brand new or pre-owned vehicles at low interest rates as well as other novel propositions for them. We hope that over the years, we can scale this impact across the educational sector in Africa.”
Earlier this year, the “W” Initiative organized an education webinar for teachers, school owners, and parents. Themed “Value creation, Business sustainability, and Safe learning”, the webinar featured a spoken word performance by award-winning 12-year-old spoken word artiste, Mojoyinoluwa Adeshina; a panel discussion featuring top players in the education sector; a child safety awareness segment; and a special reward program for school owners.
In July 2014, Access Bank unveiled the “W” initiative to accelerate a new and stronger wave of hitherto scanty female entrepreneurs in Nigeria. In addition to financial inclusion and liberation, the “W” initiative is a one-stop center of all Access Bank’s women empowerment offerings. Some of these include capacity building programs, mentoring programmes, and maternal health services, all aimed at helping to build a bigger, stronger and more sustainable society.
Under the “W” initiative, participating women and their families have access to a wide range of opportunities which include access to free capacity-building programs and discounted credit facilities; access to the “W” Community, a virtual platform in which they can get insights concerning managing finance and increasing productivity.
The “W” community provides women with access to information about several value-adding special offers for the home, especially discounted offers and freebies on health, beauty and fitness. “W” is also about raising, grooming and sustaining – in communities – a continuing generation of women that are inspired, healthy, connected and empowered.