![L-R: Managing Director, BGL Securities Limited, Arnold A. Dublin-Green; Assistant Vice President, Financial Derivatives Limited, Dr. Ifeoma Nwokolo; CEO, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise [CPPE], Muda Yusuf (speaker); Chairman of the Occasion, Chief Paul Usoro; Dean, Lagos Business School, Information Systems, Prof. Olayinka David-West; Managing Director/CEO, Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane; Group Chief Branding & Communications Officer, Dangote Industries Limited, Anthony Chiejina at Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals IPO Roadshow tagged “Back to where it all began” in Port Harcourt. Rivers State on Monday, October 12, 2026…](https://pmparrotng.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Dangote-imagee-180x135.jpg "As Dangote Refinery’s IPO Nears Close, Small Investors Take Center Stage")
Deputy Managing Director, ProvidusBank, Mr. Kingsley Aigbokhaevbo, has reiterated the bank’s commitment to continue to sustain its Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Programme for the foreseeable future as part of its efforts to boost entrepreneurship in the country.
Speaking at an event held by the bank to celebrate the fifth year anniversary of the launch of the SME programme in partnership with the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) in Lagos, Aigbokhaevbo said that the management of Providus Bank was pleased with the positive impact that the programme has had on Nigeria’s SME space, since it was initiated in five years ago.
Aigbokhaevbo who spoke after listening to the glowing testimonials that some of the programme’s alumni gave, promised that the programme would be sustained as it was the Bank’s key SME programme, which is designed to empower SME owners in Nigeria.
He said: “Being an entrepreneur is not a joke; we know that within the first five years, most of the SMEs struggle to stay afloat. When we set up Providus Bank, we asked ourselves, what we want to do differently. This is one of the things we did differently. The driving force behind the initiative is that the founders of the bank really wanted to give back to the society.
Credit: thenationonlineng.net
![L-R: Managing Director, BGL Securities Limited, Arnold A. Dublin-Green; Assistant Vice President, Financial Derivatives Limited, Dr. Ifeoma Nwokolo; CEO, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise [CPPE], Muda Yusuf (speaker); Chairman of the Occasion, Chief Paul Usoro; Dean, Lagos Business School, Information Systems, Prof. Olayinka David-West; Managing Director/CEO, Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane; Group Chief Branding & Communications Officer, Dangote Industries Limited, Anthony Chiejina at Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals IPO Roadshow tagged “Back to where it all began” in Port Harcourt. Rivers State on Monday, October 12, 2026…](https://pmparrotng.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Dangote-imagee-238x178.jpg "As Dangote Refinery’s IPO Nears Close, Small Investors Take Center Stage")
