Access
Bank says it will continue to support entrepreneurs to achieve their
dreams. The bank stated this yesterday in Kaduna during a business
workshop
for over 100 entrepreneurs.
The
event which held at the Kaduna Business School (KBS) had consultants
and business gurus who have succeeded in their various businesses
impacting
various business success tips on the participants.
Kolawole
Adebari Chief Executive Officer of Korporate Karpenters, Yusuf Leinge
of Colab Consulting, Oluwatomisin Adebayo Begun Consultant at PWC,
Kuburat
Amode- Ode (Regional Sales Manager Access Bank Plc and Kelechi Opurum
Manager Access Bank Plc took turns to deliver papers at the workshop.
In a keynote presentation titled ‘Building A Sustainable Business’
A Case Study of Korporate Karpenters, Mr Adebari, said, for a
successful business, entrepreneurs must manage their cash flow, time,
people, business growth and most importantly managing self.
He
emphasised that no business is risk free or has no challenges stressing
however that the way the challenges are handled is what makes the
difference.
Mr Adebari urged the government to engage in deliberate policies that will enable businesses to thrive in the country.
On
his part, a PwC Consultant Mr Oluwatomisin Adebayo took the
participants on Tax & SMEs: The role of an Entrepreneur in Nation
Building while Mr
Yusuf Leinge of Colab consultants dwelled on the Basics of
Entrepreneurship: Business Planning & Book keeping & Leveraging
Technology and Innovations in Business.
The Regional manager of the bank, Kuburat Amodu- Ode took the participants on advantages beyond Banking.
In
an interview with newsmen shortly after her presentation, Mrs Amodu-Ode
said the workshop which is tagged Access business Community forum, is
basically
for entrepreneurs who are largely customers of the bank to meet and
interface.
“We
have about 100 entrepreneurs here present and it is basically an
opportunity for them to meet and network. We have been doing it and it
is going
to be sustained,” she said.