Fidelity Bank’s FITCC Trade Expo to hold in US

Fidelity Bank in a release on Wednesday stated that the expo, labelled as FITCC Houston, which is the second edition of the international expo, would take place at the plush George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las Americas.

Following the successful maiden edition was held last November in London with over $200 million worth of deals closed, the bank is set for another edition of the globally rated expo. This year’s edition follows the tradition of promoting Nigeria’s non-oil exports and facilitating integrations to global supply-chain networks.

“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,” Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe talks up the motivation behind FITCC 2023:

“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 (EMP) which we host in partnership with the Lagos Business School and the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and market access development initiatives like FITCOverse of two days, guests would be exposed to exhibitions by some of the very best Nigerian businesses operating in the commodities, agriculture, FINTECH, fashion, arts, and allied sectors. Similarly, several panel discussions would be held across the various halls at the venue as stakeholders and leaders in the business, regulatory and investment sectors of the US and Nigerian economies share ideas on bilateral trade opportunities.

FITCC Houston would climax with a gala dinner on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, which would feature award-winning Nigerian hip-hop star, Kcee, amongst other entertainers.

According to the bank, registration for this event is still open at www.fitccusa.com.