The bank won the prestigious award for best company promoting STEM education during the ceremony, together with two additional awards celebrating its ReadytoWork educational skills programme and women empowerment drive.
It is the latest in a string of recognitions for
The bank's Ready to Work online skills development programme has so far empowered more than 100,000 youth across the country through monthly online webinars focusing on modules related to work, people and money skills, to get them ready for the future workplace. More than 14,000 youth have benefited so far from the knowledge transfer provided by the ReadytoWork app whilst 3,000 participants have also been impacted by the initiative's face-to-face engagement sessions.
The bank has also positioned itself as a leader in empowering women in small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs), through a partnership with the
Commenting on the awards, in a statement issued in
"We have always believed, as a bank, that we must stand for more than our core area of operations. We live in a world where issues of the environment, energy conservation and climate change, are taking over the news headlines every passing day. We need to respond and make a commitment; starting with what we do internally and in the larger society to make the world a better place," she said.
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