A total of N30.5million was given out to corps members with
winning entrepreneurial ideas in Abuja, Imo, kebbi, Abia, Adamawa, Jos, Delta,
Akwa Ibom, Ogun and Cross River States
with the star winners receiving N1 million each.
This is in a continued effort of the bank to promote
entrepreneurship skills among youths, with its scheme called the Accessprenuer.
Bayo Famoroti, branch manager, Access Bank, Wusezone 4, who
spoke at the Accessprenuer programme in Abuja, said the bank aims to build the
youths and to build the economy, to bridge the gap and resolve the problems
around funding for startups.”
“As an institution, we understand the role young people play
in the community and we are committed to supporting their aspirations. Research
has shown that finance is why businesses fail especially startups, we have
decided to solve this problem by supporting young entrepreneurs with finance to
form their business ideas through the access bank all for one scheme”
Tosin Ojo, a crocheter, in the Abuja camp who won the
competition with N1 million and the social media contest with N50 thousand,
expressed gratitude to Access Bank.
“I’m really grateful, I don’t know how I can thank access
bank for this great opportunity and I say thank you very much once again”
Another N1m star prize winner in Adamawa, John, who wants to
go poultry business, thanked Access Bank for motivating him with seed capital
to realize his dream and have a brighter future.
The Bank also rewarded other corps members across the
country in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th -10th positions with N400,000, N250,000,
N150,000, and N100,000 respectively.
The Accessprenuer empowerment scheme by Access Bank Plc has
empowered thousands of Nigeria corps members over the years, granting impetus
and vitality to kickstart business dreams in the embryo and expand those that
have already begun operations.
So far, the Accessprenuer competition has impacted over 600
corps members with over N250 million in seed capital.
They also created a Facebook community for all Accessprenuer
winners to interact freely amongst themselves and inspire other young people
with similar aspirations. The Facebook community has about 5,000 members.