Skye Bank,
one of Nigeria’s new generation banks, has unveiled “Skye Pearl” initiative to help its female customers unlock
their potentials, ITRealms reports.
The
programme launched at a dinner event, October 23, at the Civic Centre, Lagos,
is a platform that offers series of activities meant to benefit sit-at-home
mothers, professionals and women-owned SMEs, by offering them a chance to grow
and expand their businesses through partnership, relationship, access to
financial education, information, networking, mentoring and empowerment
initiative.
The
Managing Director/CEO, Skye Bank Plc, Mr. Timothy Oguntayo, speaking at the
event, said “Skye Pearl Initiative is a well-thought-out offering conceived by
women and birthed by women basically to cater for the needs of Nigerian women.
For us, it is our way of ensuring that our customers and in this case, our women
customers enjoy fullness of our business.”
The
six pillars that drive “Skye Pearl” is what make it stand out among other
propositions “The acronym C.I.N.E.M.A stands for C – Capacity Building I
– Information N – Networking E – Empowerment M- Mentoring and A – Access To
Finance”. This is aimed to project Pearl Woman as someone who is
"precious, informed, connected, evolving and a mentor” Oguntayo hinted
In
her speech as the guest speaker, the President/Chairman of Council, the
Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Mrs. Abosede Debola Osibogun, ITRealms gathered, said,“it is a great honor to be part of an
initiative that celebrates women within and beyond Nigeria. It is indeed a
laudable programme which recognizes all the elements that constitute component
of a woman. Women are powerful, they are nation builders and for any nation or
business to thrive there must be a space large enough to contain women and for
me, that it what Skye Pearl initiative is bringing to the fore”
Also
speaking on the initiative, Executive Director, Skye Bank Plc, IbiyeAsimeEkong;
stated that women are important to the economy. Women are filled with
potentials and valuable. This is expressed in the name of the programme. A
pearl has value and it comes with inherent possibilities. Skye Bank sees this
in women and is looking towards enhancing that possibility.
“The
Skye Pearl Programme is a way to help many women achieve their dreams and also
grow the economy. There is an online platform, www.skyebankng.com/SkyePearlthat the members can log in to and explore endless
possibilities which we will open to them. We carried out our research and this
programme is one of the many ways we seek to meet the specific needs of women
to help them become viable business owners,"she added.
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Pix:L-R: Executive Director, Skye Bank Plc, Ibiye Asime Ekong; Managing Director/CEO, Skye Bank Plc, Mr. Timothy Oguntayo; Head Small Business Group, Skye Bank Plc, Ayodele Olojede and Head, Retail Banking, Skye Bank Plc, Nkolika Okoli at the official launch of Skye Pearl Initiative by Skye Bank at Civic Centre, Victoria Island Lagos, last Friday, 23rd October,
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