Zenith Bank Plc will commemorate the 2026 International Women’s Day with a renewed name to purposeful motion and management. As a part of preparations to rejoice this important event, the Bank is about to carry its annual International Women’s Day Seminar on Monday, March 9, 2026, at The Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Aligned with the worldwide theme ‘Give to Gain” which underscores the principle that sustainable progress is achieved when individuals and institutions invest intentionally in women, Zenith Bank’s 2026 IWD seminar is themed “Take It, You Own It.” The theme displays the Bank’s perception that whereas establishments should give by way of enabling environments and equitable methods, girls should additionally step ahead to say house, personal their worth, and lead with confidence. It is each an affirmation and a problem: embrace alternative, empower your self and others, and take possession of your development journey.
Building on the success of earlier seminars, together with the 2025 version themed “Winning On All Fronts”, Zenith Bank’s 2026 programme is designed to deepen significant engagement round girls’s empowerment, management, and sustainable influence. Over the years, the Bank’s International Women’s Day initiatives have introduced collectively girls leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs, and rising abilities for dynamic dialogue, inspiration, and shared studying round gender fairness, skilled development, and inclusive alternative.
More than a commemorative gathering, the 2026 seminar is designed as a convergence of affect, perception, and inspiration, bringing collectively achieved girls and progressive leaders throughout enterprise, governance, inventive industries, know-how, and social influence.
Speaking forward of the Seminar, the Group Managing Director/CEO, Dame Dr. Adaora Umeoji, OON, who will ship the welcome handle, mentioned “The International Women’s Day is a reminder that progress requires intentionality. ‘Give to Gain’ speaks to the responsibility institutions have to create real opportunities, while our theme ‘Take It, You Own It’ challenges women to step forward boldly and lead. At Zenith Bank, we are deliberate about building environments where women are supported to grow, thrive, and shape outcomes, not only within our institution but across the communities and industries we serve.”
The seminar will embrace segments targeted on management perception, skilled empowerment, wellbeing, and collaboration, providing attendees alternatives to interact deeply with thought management and sensible methods for advancing fairness.
With a fastidiously curated programme spanning keynote addresses, panel conversations, Q&A classes, and inventive interludes, Zenith Bank’s 2026 International Women’s Day Seminar guarantees to be a catalyst for significant motion.
Through its alignment with “Give to Gain” and its daring seminar theme, “Take It, You Own It,” Zenith Bank reaffirms its perception that when establishments give deliberately and ladies lead confidently, complete ecosystems rise. As conversations round inclusion proceed to form the way forward for enterprise and society, the Bank stays resolute in its mission to foster platforms the place girls’s potential is recognised, amplified, and totally owned.
