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Bolaji Agbede replaces Wigwe, becomes Access Holdings acting CEO
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Bolaji Agbede replaces Wigwe, becomes Access Holdings acting CEO

By Melvin Onwubuke Access Bank Holdings appoints Ms Bolaji Agbede as acting Group Managing Director. This follows the death of it’s former Group Managing Director, Dr Wigwe, who passed away in a tragic helicopter crash in California, United States. The access bank board on February 12, 2024 swiftly appoints Ms Agbede in acting capacity, subject […]

Ten things to know about Herbert Wigwe
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Ten things to know about Herbert Wigwe

Herbert Wigwe was born in Rivers State and had his education at the University of Nigeria, Nuskka and across other institutions. In 2002, he started Access Bank with his friend, friend, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, and rose to become the CEO in January 2014. Herbert Wigwe was also a philanthropist, who is committed to improving the lives […]

Obi, Okonjo-Iweala, Onanuga mourn Access Bank CEO Herbert Wigwe
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Obi, Okonjo-Iweala, Onanuga mourn Access Bank CEO Herbert Wigwe

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has mourned the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, who reportedly died in a helicopter crash in the United States. AMBusiness reported that Wigwe, alongside five others, including his wife, and son, as well as the group chairman of […]

Access Bank, Qatar airways partner, offer discounted flight tickets
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Access Bank gets Hong Kong license, to begin operations 2024

Access Bank Plc, via Access Bank UK, its UK subsidiary, has been granted permission to start official banking operations in Hong Kong. The Times reported that Mr. Herbert Wigwe, the chairman of Access Bank UK and chief executive of Access Holdings Plc, hailed the accomplishment as evidence of the business’s tenacity. Additionally, Mr Wigwe described […]

Access Bank to launch in Asia by 2024
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Access Bank to launch in Asia by 2024

One of the largest banks in Africa, Access Bank, is almost done with the regulatory process so that it may start offering full banking services in Asia in the first quarter of 2024. This is a part of a larger global expansion target, the chief executive of its holding company told Semafor Africa. This includes […]

Obi, Okonjo-Iweala, Onanuga mourn Access Bank CEO Herbert Wigwe
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Access Bank CEO Wigwe to build $500m university in Rivers

Co-founder of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, is constructing a $500 million eponymous institution in his homeland of Rivers State, an oil-rich region of Nigeria. Wigwe told Bloomberg that undergraduate courses in management, information technology, science and engineering, and the creative arts will be available at Wigwe University. Wigwe is taking a cue from affluent Nigerians […]

Access Bank, Qatar airways partner, offer discounted flight tickets
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Access Bank launches agric business desk

Access Bank has stated that with the opening of its Agric business desk, it hopes to ensure food security in Nigeria. The Punch reported that the bank made this statement on Tuesday during the launch of two new business desks: the development banking desk and the agribusiness desk. The Group Head of Commercial Banking, Nsisak Usoro, stated […]

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Access Bank GMD becomes bank’s largest shareholder

The group managing director of Access Holdings, Hebert Wigwe, has strengthened his control over the Bank by purchasing 50 million shares, thereby becoming the bank’s largest shareholder. The purchase was disclosed in a notice of share trading submitted to the Nigerian Exchange Limited by an insider and signed by the business’s secretary, Sunday Ekwochi. At a […]

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Access Bank launches Paris-based french subsidiary

Access Bank Plc, the flagship company of Access Holdings Plc, officially established its subsidiary in Paris, France, on Thursday. According to Arise News, the bank released a statement on Thursday saying that the majority of its activities will be focused on trade finance, first taking advantage of flows between France and Africa, particularly Francophone Africa. “Access Bank Plc […]

Bank of Zambia okays Access Bank, African Banking Corporation merger
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Bank of Zambia okays Access Bank, African Banking Corporation merger

The Bank of Zambia has given its final regulatory permission for one of Access Holdings Plc’s subsidiaries, Access Bank Zambia Ltd, to buy and integrate African Banking Corporation Zambia Limited into its current operations. According to the announcement made by the company secretary, Sunday Ekwochi, the transaction in 2022 already obtained clearance from both the competition commission of the […]

Access Bank to acquire National Bank of Kenya
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Access Bank, stakeholders call for rise in women representation at workplaces

  By Christian George As Access Bank marks its 2023 International Women’s Day on Thursday in Lagos, stakeholders have called for effective representation of women in the workplace. Delivering a keynote address with the theme: “Embrace equity,” the President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina said the bank had the highest percentage of […]