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Fidelity Bank Group CEO, Onyeali-Ikpe, Makes List Of Global Top 100 Trade Champions Of African Descent Worldwide

<h4>Fidelity Bank Group CEO<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that in acknowledgment of her outstanding impact on global trade&comma; Dr&period; Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe&comma; the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc&comma; has been recognized as one of the honorees in the 2024 Most Influential Global Top 100 Export and International Trade Edition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Themed&comma;<strong> &&num;8220&semi;Championing the Vision of Global Africa as a Unified Economic Block and Single Market&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong> the initiative which was announced on May 25&comma; 2024 in celebration of Global Africa Day&comma; lists several leaders in the global trade space of African descent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This  includes the President&comma; African Export–Import Bank &lpar;Afreximbank&rpar;&comma; Professor Benedict Okey Oramah&comma;&rpar;&semi; Minister of Trade and Export Promotion&comma; Algeria&comma; H&period;E&period; Kamel Rezig&semi; Chairman&comma; World Trade Centre Accra&comma; Ghana&comma; H&period;R&period;H Togbe Afede&semi; the Nigerian Minister of Industry&comma; Trade and Investment&comma; Dr&period; Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;25523" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-25523" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-25523" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;06&sol;Fidelity-Logo-in-PNG-300x123&period;png" alt&equals;"Fidelity Bank Group CEO&comma; Onyeali-Ikpe&comma; Makes List Of Global Top 100 Trade Champions Of African Descent Worldwide " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"123" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-25523" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Fidelity Bank<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Others are Executive Director and CEO&comma; Nigerian Export Promotion Council &lpar;Nigeria&rpar;&comma; Nonye Ayeni&semi; Executive Vice President&comma; Intra-African Trade Bank &lpar;IATB&rpar;&comma; Kanayo Awani&semi; Director&comma; Trade Development &lpar;Africa &amp&semi; Caribbean&rpar;&comma; World Trade Centre Miami&comma; US&comma; Kemi Arosanyin&semi; Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade &lpar;United Kingdom&sol;Nigeria&rpar;&comma; Kemi Badenoch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; the list has President&comma; US-Africa Business Centre at US Chamber of Commerce&comma; Kendra Gaither&semi; and President of the Buenaventura Chamber of Commerce &lpar;Colombia&rpar;&comma; Milady Garces Arboleda&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a statement by Most Influential People of African Descent &lpar;MIPAD&rpar;&comma; the organisers of the initiative&comma; <em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;These honorees are recognized for their groundbreaking achievements in Trade &amp&semi; Export and are called upon to champion the vision of a unified Global Africa as an economic block&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;This recognition aligns with the ethos of the International Decade for People of African Descent&comma; highlighting MIPAD&&num;8217&semi;s ongoing commitment to celebrating individuals&comma; organizations&comma; and governments demonstrating outstanding leadership in advancing people of African descent globally&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Commenting on the initiative&comma; Dr Onyeali-Ikpe said&comma; <em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;This recognition demonstrates our market leadership in the international trade space at Fidelity Bank and our devotion to helping Nigerian businesses play a more active role in the global trade space&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;Since 2022&comma; we have hosted the largest private-sector driven trade expo tagged the Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect &lpar;FITCC&rpar; with hundreds of export businesses from Nigeria&comma; off-takers in the UK and USA&comma; investors&comma; regulators&comma; media and other key stakeholder in the trade sector&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;Through FITCC&comma; we have closed deals totaling &dollar;450million&period; Our commitment as a bank is to do more in this space and we thank MIPAD for the recognition&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to information&comma; the Most Influential People of African Descent &lpar;MIPAD&rpar;&comma; is a global civil society initiative in support of the International Decade for People of African Descent&comma; proclaimed by United Nation&&num;8217&semi;s General Assembly resolution 68&sol;237&comma; to be observed from 2015 to 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>MIPAD identifies high achievers of African descent in public and private sectors from all around the world as a progressive network of relevant actors to join together in the spirit of recognition&comma; justice and development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ranked as one of the best banks in Nigeria&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Fidelity Bank<&sol;a> is a full-fledged commercial bank with over 8&period;3 million customers serviced across its 251 business offices in Nigeria and the United Kingdom as well as on digital banking channels&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The bank has won multiple local and international awards including the Export Finance Bank of the Year at the 2023 BusinessDay Banks and Other Financial Institutions &lpar;BAFI&rpar; Awards&comma; the Best Payment Solution Provider Nigeria 2023 and Best SME Bank Nigeria 2022 by the Global Banking and Finance Awards&semi; Best Bank for SMEs in Nigeria by the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2023&semi; and Best Domestic Private Bank in Nigeria by the Euromoney Global Private Banking Awards 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;24785" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-24785" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-24785" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;04&sol;Fidelity-Bank-Image-300x172&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Fidelity Bank Group CEO&comma; Onyeali-Ikpe&comma; Makes List Of Global Top 100 Trade Champions Of African Descent Worldwide " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"172" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-24785" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Fidelity Bank Nigeria Plc<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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