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Emeka Osuji
Improvising MFBs’ access to cooperative savings
Every society has some social structures or composite demographics that help to keep it together. What we call the…
Of regulatory capture and regulatory timidity
My recent piece on “Dangers of regulatory timidity” appears to have excited many of our readers. While some of the…
MSMEs: From financing gap to relationship gap
Although electricity remains the most important constraint to the development of the MSME sector in Nigeria, lack…
MSMES: Starving in the pool of intervention funds
The market for intervention funds, in favour of MSMEs and some other sectors of the economy, is awash with cash.…
Critical elements of delinquency governance
The concept of governance has a checkered history. With a Greek origin and meaning that conveys the idea of…
Financing gaps and opportunities in the MSME sector
There are still a lot of opportunities for profitable financing activity in the informal sector of our economy, if…
Microfinance and the KYC Principle
The wind of change is blowing across the land and irrespective of the kind of job one does or indeed, one’s station…
MSME financing, regulation and disabling environment
The dust raised by the decision of the MPC not to reduce the MPR, as expected by many, has settled down; somewhat…
Risk assets and management by all of us
In one of my recent pieces in this column, I discussed the importance of monitoring and supervision as a critical…
Microlenders, recession and proper business models
The Vision 2010 Committee in its final report estimated that about 70 per cent of the economic activities in…
Microlenders, recession and proper business models
The Vision 2010 Committee in its final report estimated that about 70 per cent of the economic activities in…
Failed government microfinancing could damage credit…
The need to reduce poverty among Nigerians has been a long standing policy of government at all levels –at the…