Wema Bank has disbursed business grants totalling N3 million to the top three Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) who emerged winners in a business pitch competition at the Lagos Leather Fair 2025.

The top three winners of the business grants are EwaOluwa Morenikeji of House of Ewa Limited, Joy Fache James of Paciencia, and Fatima Yusuf of House of Zibima; all of whom won N1 million each.

Receiving her cheque, one of the winners, Morenikeji, shared some insight into the specific aspects of her business where she would be channeling the N1 million grant to, appreciating Wema Bank for supporting the growth of her business.

She said: “I’m deeply grateful for this opportunity to put my business out there and get the support I need to scale. “This is definitely going to impact my business.

I intend to use this money to expand my business, get better machinery and ensure that our output continues to get better and better.

“This will help my business growth and I thank Wema Bank for thinking of small businesses like mine and supporting us.