As a part of its dedication to youth empowerment and social influence, main {financial} establishment, Fidelity Bank Plc has partnered with Ashoka, a world community of social entrepreneurs, to supply {financial} help and mentorship to younger innovators throughout Nigeria.
Talking on the 2025 Ashoka Younger Changemakers Pageant in Lagos, the Divisional Head, Product Growth at Fidelity Bank, Osita Ede, reaffirmed the {Bank}’s dedication to youth empowerment, emphasizing its place as a pillar of the {bank}’s Company Social Accountability (CSR) technique.
“Empowerment is on the core of the whole lot Fidelity Bank stands for,” Ede stated. “Creativity and innovation are basic to our model essence and that’s the reason we’re excited to help these younger changemakers. Listening to their concepts right this moment simply validates the investments now we have made to foster entrepreneurship and creativity.”
Ede confirmed the {bank}’s willingness to proceed funding and supporting the desires of younger folks, including that the {bank} plans to supply innovators entry to its SME Hub’s assets and specialised grasp lessons designed to nurture their development.
“We’re not simply funding initiatives; we’re creating an enabling surroundings the place these younger innovators can thrive. Our SME Hub will function a platform to information and mentor these changemakers, serving to them develop the best mindset and enterprise acumen to succeed,” Ede acknowledged.
On her half, Josephine Nzerem, Regional Director, Ashoka Anglophone West Africa & Director, Enterprise and Expertise, Ashoka Africa, expressed her appreciation for the partnership.
“We’re excited to maneuver past being simply Fidelity Bank’s shoppers to changing into true companions within the change making motion,” Nzerem acknowledged. “Their steady help which incorporates funding for awards and reward packs for younger innovators, is important for sustaining this journey. We have a good time not solely the Changemakers but additionally the method of empowering younger folks to scale their influence and encourage others.”
The Ashoka Younger Changemakers Pageant celebrates daring concepts, youth management, and innovation. The 2025 version unveiled 9 exceptional changemakers poised to remodel Nigeria’s future. Collectively, Fidelity Bank and Ashoka are creating alternatives for younger innovators to show their concepts into options that may rework their communities and the world.
Ranked among the many greatest banks in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc is a full-fledged Industrial Deposit Cash {Bank} serving over 9.1 million clients by means of digital banking channels, its 255 enterprise places of work in Nigeria and United Kingdom subsidiary, FidBank UK Restricted.
The {Bank} is a recipient of a number of native and worldwide Awards, together with the 2024 Excellence in Digital Transformation & MSME Banking Award by BusinessDay Banks and {Financial} Establishments (BAFI) Awards; the 2024 Most Revolutionary Cellular Banking Utility award for its Constancy Cellular App by International Enterprise Outlook, and the 2024 Most Revolutionary Funding Banking Service Supplier award by International Manufacturers Journal. Moreover, the {Bank} was acknowledged because the Finest {Bank} for SMEs in Nigeria by the Euromoney Awards for Excellence and because the Export Financing {Bank} of the Yr by the BusinessDay Banks and {Financial} Establishments (BAFI) Awards.
