Fidelity Bank Trains SMEs

Fidelity Bank, in partnership with Entrepreneurship Ventures and Songhai, has organized a two-day workshop for selected businesses in Ghana under the theme, 'taking ideas to market globally.'

The workshop, which was held at the Labadi Beach Hotel, was aimed at encouraging businesses to gain insights into how to position themselves to attract international investors.

Edward Effah, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fidelity Bank, said the bank is constantly exploring innovative ways of supporting the SME sector of the country's economy.

'The bank acknowledges that in addition to access to finance, SMEs will greatly benefit from capacity building and access to market initiatives, and this is one of many that the bank has planned,' he said.

The Director for Commercial and SME Banking, Julian Opuni, said the provision of non-financial services to strengthen SMEs in the economy is a way of providing impetus to growth and sustainability in the sector.

'Fidelity Bank intends to become a market leader in this respect, ensuring that the perceived gap between the sector and financial institutions becomes a thing of the past,' she said.

The CEO of BTL Agency, Gabriel Appiah, who participated in the workshop, explained that it was an eye-opener for some firms and that the knowledge acquired would serve as a catalyst for the growth of his business.

He expressed gratitude to Fidelity Bank for offering growing businesses the chance to develop.

Participants were drawn from varied sectors which included the service industry, manufacturing and general trade.

A Business Desk report