Wema Bank is set to honour and celebrate Nigerian women, who have made significant impact or built a legacy of empowering other women personally and professionally.
The oldest indigenous, most innovative and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, recently announced the Top 10 nominees for the women-focused award initiative, SARA Gives to Empower Her Awards, which is the 2nd edition of its She Empowers Her Award.
The nominees include Social Entrepreneur, Bosede Nwachi; NGO Founder, Chigozie Blessing; Customer Success Leader, Ekwutosi Cynthia; Coach and Public Speaker, Franca Ozini; Ted X Speaker, Hassanat Abubakar; Mentor, Ikepo Osawaye; Marketing Professional, Jennifer Edem Ekong; World Safety Ambassador, Mabel Abel-Onaiwu, Founder, Patrick Stephen Purple Heart Foundation for Widows; Oluwaseun Joan Stephen and Virtual Assistant Coach, Victoria Ezechukwu-Obiya.
Launched in 2024 through the bank’s women-focused platform, SARA by Wema and themed: ‘Give to Gain’, the Wema Bank’s 2026 IWD will focus on the topic, ‘When She Gains, We Grow’, emphasising the need to give time, opportunities, resources and support to women.
In line with this, this year’s edition of the She Empowers Her Award is tagged: ‘SARA Gives To Empower Her Award & Grant’, spotlighting and rewarding women with a legacy of giving to other women.
To select the award winners, Wema Bank has incorporated a combination of public nominations, an internal jury and a voting process, all vetted by an independent audit body.
The first stage was the call for nominees, which Wema Bank opened to the public on February 12, 2026, and closed on February 22, 2026. A pool of 2,332 nominations was received for a total of 351 women, who were then shortlisted to Top 10 based on their impact and clear track record of giving to other women.
The SARA Gives to Empower Her Award ceremony will take place at the Wema Bank International Women’s Day in Lagos on March 4, 2026. The ceremony will culminate in the emergence of five winners.
Voting is open for the five winners at: https://bit.ly/VoteSARASheEmpowersHerAward