Nigeria most innovative banking service provider, Heritage Bank Plc. has joined forces with Silverbird Group to empower and deepen its supports to young entrepreneurs in the Nigeria creative and entertainment industry.
This,
the bank said, is in line with its culture as timeless wealth partners,
which would impact positively on the nation’s socio-economic
development, as the graduates are empowered with job and mentorship
opportunities at the Silverbird Group.
L-R:
David Ubabudike, Head, Business Desk, Silverbird News 24; Ozena Utulu,
Head, Brand Management and Sustainability, Heritage Bank; Fela Ibidapo,
Divisional Head, Corporate Communications; Uchenna Mike Olisa, Head,
Product Development, Heritage Bank, Seun Oyedeji, Silverbird News 24 and
Jacob Akinyemi Johnson, Chief Creative Officer/Vice Chairman Editorial
Board, Silverbird Communications, during the graduation of the 1st batch
of Project Ynspyre graduates, as the bank partners Silverbird Group.
During
the first batch of the Ynspyre Project, Heritage Bank and Silverbird
graduated five young talented minds in a three (3) months rigorously
internship training programme to equip them with the necessary skills
for their future engagements.
Over
3000 people sent their entries but only five were picked and trained in
their different field of choice. Amongst the lucky interns are: Derrick
Ugwugbu – Reporter/Anchor; Deborah Johnson – Radio Presenter;
Oluwasegun Emmanuel Ikoya – Disk Jockey (DJ); Ayomide Solaja – News
Presenter and Abayomi Bello – Cinematographer.
Speaking
during the handover of certificate of completion, Fela Ibidapo,
Divisional Head, Corporate Communications of Heritage Bank said as a
forward looking financial institution its strength lays in the ability
to spot and mould talents into great professionals.
He
noted that the Ynspyre Project was established to train, nurture and
arm young employees with the right skills needed to fast-track
development and enable talents to flourish.
He
urged prospective interns who have interest in participating in the
Ynsprye Project to dial *745# to open a savings account with the chance
to be amongst the next set of interns, whilst staying tune to Heritage
Bank’s platform and Silverbird Television.
Meanwhile,
Ibidapo explained that the aim of Heritage Bank being at the forefront
of youth empowerment is to emancipate the latent entrepreneurial spirit
in the teeming youths to unleash their support to the growth of the
economy.
Ibidapo
stated that being at the forefront of investing in human capital
development for critical economy recovery, “we will continue to up our
game to empower Nigerian youths who is one of the bedrock of any vibrant
economy,” he added.
He
disclosed that one of the channels churned out in partnering the youths
to leverage their talents and contribute their quota to the growth of
the economy, was the use of financial inclusion strategy which would be
adopted to boost entrepreneurship development, as this is critical to
Heritage Bank’s mission to create, preserve and transfer wealth across
generations.
Uchenna
Mike Olisa, Head, Producgt Development, Heritage Bank, who admonished
the trained entertainers to make good use of their acquired skills,
affirmed that platform would enable young creative minds to be more
imbued with the requisite talents.
Mike
Nwadike, Head, Silverbird Television hinted that lots of resources have
gone into the training with series of creative sessions, strategy
sessions, brainstorming meetings and re-evaluation, with the aim of
ensuring that the participants are grounded in their respective skills.
Iyke
Chinke, Head of Programmes, Radio commended Heritage Bank for their
continued efforts to empower youths in the country. According to him, it
is hard to find banks out there to give young people the opportunity
but Heritage Bank has been championing it.
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