Nigeria: The Film Festival That "Captured My Heart"

3 November 2017

On Sunday, inside the Genesis Deluxe Cinema in Lagos, Access Bank's Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe, donning a dark, checkered tuxedo and a pink-coloured bow-tie, stood in front of a horde of eye-pairs, to talk about stories and how they shape the future.

Wigwe is an accomplished banker, a career path that demands more expertise in mathematics than language, precision over beauty. But, obviously, as he talked about storytelling via the camera at Genesis, the value of art's seeming randomness and narrative power is not lost on him. "I am excited about the great strides that have been made in the continent's film industry," he said. Everywhere he goes across the world people ask him about personalities in the industry. And that, this positive acknowledgment of creative expression, makes him "proud".

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