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THE FBNBank has given further meaning to its commitment to empowering the youth by collaborating with the University of Ghana Career & Counselling Centre to organise a career week for the students.
The week’s activities comprised an industry academia forum, a career fair, corporate icon contest, the decoded show, and the introduction of a unique student account, the XploreFirst Students’ Account.
The theme for this year’s week is, “Embracing opportunities: Charting your career path” and was held at the Cedi Conference Centre.
The week-long programme started on Monday, March 27 and ended on Thursday March 30, 2023.
The industry’s academic forum on the theme featured the Director of Sports at the University of Ghana Dr Bello Bitigu, the General Manager of ALX Joshua Ghanem, the Lead Consultant at La Lune Digital Limited Derrick Crentsil and TV Host, Professional Master of Ceremonies and Public Speaking Coach, Kafui Dey.
In a welcome address, the Director of the University of Ghana Career and Counselling Centre, Dr Bridget Ben-Naimah, explained that, “the career week is meant to expose the participating students to opportunities within the job market, training and internships.
“Also, the students are to learn about the skills required for life after school and explore networking opportunities,” she added.
As part of the activities of the career week and in line with FBNBank’s youth agenda, the bank launched the XploreFirst Students’ Account, which primarily empowered account holders for the future in addition to a variety of benefits.
Introducing the XploreFirst Students’ Account, the Head of Retail Banking at the FBNBank, Allen Quaye said, “our commitment to the students’ cause and to a larger extent, the fight for youth empowerment has moved up to a new level with the introduction today of a unique student product, which is designed to offer special benefits to our younger brothers and sisters here and most importantly, offer them a good foundation for the future.
“Permit me to introduce the FBNBank XploreFirst Students Account, a savings account designed for students between the ages of 16 and 30 years.
This account allows the target group to save towards their future while providing them with the opportunity to access world-class financial services in addition to some exciting benefits, including the possibility of internship at FBNBank, periodic invitations to events by the bank and free shopping with their MasterCard for POS and online transactions.
“This product brings to life our brand promise to offer the Gold Standard of value and excellence to our customers and it is a testament to our commitment to continue to put the youth at the heart of what we always do,” he said.
He invited the students to join the FBNBank family by signing up for the FBNBank XploreFirst Students Account which would deliver great rewards for their future.
