‘Lending to SMEs is more complex than micro financing’
Sourcing funds
One of the major things that the credit bureaux do is to be able to enhance access to loans…
Investment opportunity Establishment of glucose syrup…
Glucose syrup is an important raw material in the food, confectionery and pharmaceutical industries. Presently,…
Empowering farmers to expand production
More and more of today’s entrepreneurs are taking the opportunities inherent in the agricultural sector to…
Institutionalisation key to building sustainable…
The need for founders and managers of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country to institutionalise…
Obama on warpath with auditors and bankers
It is no longer news that the president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, was in Cape Town, South…
Aid vs. Dead Aid – an expanded collaboration to build…
The recent “exchange” between Bill Gates (an undisputed inventor and philanthropist) and Dambisa Moyo, a…
Banks 2012 profit league table
As the BusinessDay Research “Banking Outlook” published early in the year showed, 2012 turned out to be a year…
Inflation-linked instruments as basis for growth
The director general of Debt Management Office, Abraham Nwankwo, said recently that the long-awaited…
FG sees huge global response in privatisation of 10…
The Federal Government said it is anticipating huge response from global power investors as government takes…
NDIC, CBN firm machanism to tackle too-big-to fail risk
The Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are firming up plans to…
Securing a great future for your child
As parents, one of the best ways to secure a good future for your children is teaching them financial literacy…
A new voice for African women
It has taken women a long time to participate in governance. However, there is a handful of women in key…