Wema Bank Emerges NO 1. Best Workplace in Nigeria at GPTW awards 2024
Wema Bank, Nigeria’s foremost innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has set a new record as it emerged the No. 1 Best WorkPlace in Nigeria at the Great Place To Work 2024 Awards ceremony which held in Lagos on Friday, November 1, 2024.
Great Place To Work (GPTW) is the global authority on workplace culture, reputed for its role in promoting healthy work culture by assessing organisational culture from the perspective of the employees, celebrating organisations that demonstrate an unwavering commitment to employee wellbeing, and challenging other organisations to improve on their employee support efforts.
Great Place To Work derives insights on organisational culture through a rigorously developed employee survey called the Trust Index Survey, and this survey has become the global standard for assessing workplace culture, leadership impact, and overall employee experience.
With this transparent method that ensures that organisations’ Great Place To Work status is determined by employee feedback, Great Place
To Work endorses organisations that pass the benchmark with the Great Place To Work certification and further recognises the most outstanding of these GPTW-certified organisations at its annual award ceremony.
Wema Bank not only bagged its second consecutive Great Place To Work Certification in September 2024 but has now been awarded No. 1 Best WorkPlace in Nigeria.
Wema Bank has made a name for itself across various verticals and areas of impact, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to empowering lives on all levels, from individuals to businesses, institutions to industries, customers and all stakeholders, with an unyielding focus on its employees as well.
The Bank continues to go above and beyond in promoting the overall wellbeing of its employees and empowering them to thrive both personally and professionally.
Wema Bank priositises mental health and work-life balance, providing hybrid work opportunities, employee assistance Programmes that offer free counselling and therapy sessions for personal and professional issues, mental health programmes that help employees identify, navigate and overcome mental health challenges, among others.
Wema Bank is also known to host one of the largest organisational sports competition, Wemalympics; a tournament which the Bank’s employees eagerly anticipate and proudly promote annually.
Wema Bank’s Managing Director, Moruf Oseni, dedicated the award to the employees of Wema Bank, whom he referred to as ‘Wema Knights’, adding that the award serves to fuel the Bank as it remains resolute in its commitment to providing an unparalleled work experience for its employees as well as a seamless banking experience for its customers.
“We are honoured to receive this award and I thank Great Place To Work for the commendable work, as well as every employee of Wema Bank, for your unwavering commitment and loyalty to Wema Bank. This award speaks volumes to us because it not only reflects our employees’ true perception of the Bank, it also shows us how far we have come as a Bank and challenges us to go even further in exceeding all expectations, breaking new ground and resetting the standards of excellence for the best, as we continue to provide optimum value for every stakeholder; externally and especially internally. As a Bank, we have become the standard for innovation and our mission to empower lives through innovation is a lifelong commitment that we will never relent on”.
“Wema Bank has grown into Nigeria’s leading innovative bank and we fully recognise the indispensable role that our employees have played in bringing us this far as a Bank. So today, I dedicate this award to every Wema Knight in every part of Nigeria. You are the lifeblood of Wema Bank and I take this moment to reiterate our commitment to you.
“Wema Bank will forever be pro-people and we will continue to go above and beyond in providing a fulfilling, rewarding, productive, empowering and exceptional work experience for every employee.
“To our customers and other stakeholders, this award represents a charge which we have undertaken in our nature of exceeding expectations, so rest assured, Wema Bank is more fuelled than ever to go above and beyond in providing optimum value for our customers, shareholders, partners and every other stakeholder of the Bank.
“To our employees, I thank again you for trusting the vision and supporting the mission. Here’s to many more milestones and achievements together as Knights of Nigeria’s most innovative Bank, Wema Bank”, Oseni concluded.
Wema Bank gained its first Great Place To Work Certification in 2023, winning 4 awards including 2nd Best Place to Work in Nigeria (Large Corporate Organisation Category), Best in Promoting the Culture of Innovation by All, Best in Promoting Learning and Development Practices and The Victor Ligbago Award for Best Workplace for Millennials.
This year, Wema Bank, in its usual fashion, surpassed its 2023 record by not only bagging its second consecutive Great Place To Work certification, but also winning the Platinum Award as No.1 Best WorkPlace in Nigeria and two other awards which include the Best in Promoting Culture of Innovation By All and the Best in Delivery of Learning and Development Practices; a testament to the Bank’s unwavering commitment to its employees.
