The Managing Director, Fidelity Bank Plc Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe has disclosed that the commercial bank has successfully supported Nigeria’s export trade through various innovations and interventions such as capacity development for exporters.
The bank’s chief executive’s comment comes after the lender announced plans to host the second edition of the Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect, FITCC, in Texas, the United States.
The first edition, the bank said was successfully hosted last November in London.
Onyeali-ikpe said “Fidelity Bank is very much invested in supporting export trade and has consistently demonstrated this by the interventions and innovations that we bring to the space.
“Beyond the instrument of financing, some of our key interventions in the space revolve around business management capacity development with initiatives like the Export Management Programme (EMP) which we host in partnership with the Lagos Business School and the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and market access development initiatives like FITCC.”
Tagged FITCC Houston, the event would hold on Wednesday, 18th, and Thursday, 19th October 2023 at the George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las Americas, Houston, Texas 77010.
To promote Nigeria’s non-oil exports and facilitate integrations to global supply-chain networks, FITCC Houston will host leading businesses, entrepreneurs, investors and regulators operating in the commodity, service, creative, fashion and FinTech sectors in Nigeria and the United States. The participants would explore partnership, co-creation, and foreign direct investment opportunities.
Participating businesses will benefit from curated market access engagements, investment and partnership opportunities, extended brand exposure before a global audience as well as speaking and networking opportunities amongst a long list of benefits in FITCC Housto
Interested businesses and participants are encouraged to register for the conference at www.fidelitybank.ng/fitcc .
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