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Emeka Osuji
Customer-centricity in Microfinance: How to make it work
Microfinance clients are sometimes wrongly perceived as people who need financial help and are not likely to bring…
Weak policy responses understate microfinance success
Microfinance institutions are a strong link in the overall chain of activities that target poverty reduction in any…
Post-recession microlending should target savings growth
The theoretical relationship between income and savings is a direct one, according to economists. That is to say…
The Many roadblocks to financial inclusion (3)
Nigeria’s financial inclusion story is that in 2008 as much as 53.5 per cent of us were financially excluded.…
The Many Roadblocks to Financial Inclusion (2)
The reason is because the world has become intensely financial and not much happens without finance taking the…
Between economic inclusion and urban renewal in Imo…
Last week, we put out the first part of our thoughts on the factors militating against our evidently failing…
The many roadblocks to Financial Inclusion (1)
The microfinance sector was created to assist the poverty reduction drive of the Nigerian government, by enhancing…
Understanding the recovery process
With the minimal growth figure posted by Nigeria in the second quarter of 2017, expectations are high that the…
Labour intensive project expenditure will quicken…
Nigeria recently exited a recession that hit the nation like a hurricane. Thankfully, that hurricane has been…
Return of optimism is key to recovery
The growing division among Nigerians received a boost last week when the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)…
A micro lender’s note for surviving the downturn
Poverty reduction remains one of the overriding policy goals of most governments, especially in developing…
Nigeria’s food security agenda: The place of SMEs in…
May I join other Nigerians to heartily welcome the President from his medical vacation. The President has since…