Fidelity Bank to Empower Girls with Sustainable Entrepreneurship Abilities with HAP 2.0

Main monetary establishment, Fidelity Bank Plc, has introduced the launch of the second version of its flagship women-empowerment initiative, the HerFidelity Apprenticeship Programme 2.0 (HAP 2.0).

Designed to equip girls with sensible, revenue‑producing expertise and structured pathways to entrepreneurship; HAP 2.0 will construct on the success of its inaugural version held in 2023.

Talking with journalists at a media chat to herald the launch of HAP 2.0, the Divisional Head, Product Improvement, Fidelity Bank Plc, Osita Ede, defined that the initiative has been enhanced to ship larger influence.

“HerFidelity Apprenticeship Programme 2.0 displays our dedication to steady enchancment. Having evaluated suggestions from the primary version, we have now returned with stronger partnerships and deeper mentorship programmes to make sure that girls purchase not simply expertise, however sustainable financial alternatives,” he stated.

“On the coronary heart of the programme is guided, actual‑world studying. Contributors will bear intensive apprenticeship coaching beneath respected establishments and business specialists throughout choose fields similar to hair styling, shoe making, auto mechatronics, and inside ornament,” Ede added.

He famous that HerFidelity Apprenticeship Programme 2.0 goes past expertise acquisition by providing members a variety of enterprise advisory providers. These embody enterprise and monetary literacy coaching, mentorship help all through the apprenticeship journey, entry to Fidelity Bank’s girls‑centered and SME monetary options, in addition to steering on enterprise formalisation and development methods.

Additional emphasising the financial institution’s imaginative and prescient, Ede stated, “By integrating structured mentorship with entrepreneurial growth, Fidelity Bank is positioning girls not simply as trainees, however as future employers, innovators, and financial contributors inside their communities. This aligns with our mandate to assist people develop, companies thrive, and economies prosper.”

members are inspired to point their curiosity by visiting https://bit.ly/Apprenticeshipbyherfidelity.

Ranked among the many finest banks in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc is a full-fledged Business Deposit Cash Financial institution serving over 10 million prospects by means of digital banking channels, its 255 enterprise workplaces in Nigeria and United Kingdom subsidiary, FidBank UK Restricted.

The Financial institution 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 Monetary Establishments (BAFI) Awards; the 2024 Most Modern Cell Banking Software award for its Constancy Cell App by International Enterprise Outlook, and the 2024 Most Modern Funding Banking Service Supplier award by International Manufacturers Journal. Moreover, the Financial institution was acknowledged because the Finest Financial institution for SMEs in Nigeria by the Euromoney Awards for Excellence and because the Export Financing Financial institution of the 12 months by the BusinessDay Banks and Monetary Establishments (BAFI) Awards.