Fidelity Bank to hold trade expo in Texas
Fidelity Bank Plc has said the second edition of the Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect tagged, FITCC Houston, will hold in Houston, Texas in the United States of America.
In a statement, it said the international expo would take place from the 24th to 25th of October, 2023 at the plush George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las Americas.
“This year’s edition, follows the maiden edition that held last November in London with over $200m worth of deals closed, is aimed at sustaining the tradition of promoting Nigeria’s non-oil exports as well as facilitating integrations to global supply-chain networks,” the statement said.
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, while speaking about the motivation behind FITCC 2023, said, “Fidelity Bank is very much invested in supporting export trade and has consistently demonstrated this by the interventions and innovations that we bring to the space.
“Beyond the instrument of financing, some of our key interventions in the space revolve around business management capacity development with initiatives like the export management programme which we host in partnership with the Lagos Business School and the Nigerian Export Promotion Council and market access development initiatives like FITCC.”
FITCC Houston would climax with a gala dinner on Wednesday, 25 October 2023 which would feature award-winning Nigerian hip-hop star, Kcee among other entertainers, the statement said.