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Microfinance bank offers N5bn lifeline to SMEs
Accion Microfinance Bank has offered a loan facility of about N5.45 billion to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)…
SMEs catch cold as Nigerian economy sneezes
At the boisterous Computer Village in Lagos last Wednesday a phone retailer Samuel Adindu sat on a stool watching…
FirstBank deepens SME capacity through radio programme –…
Barely a year after the commencement of the SME Radio programme, The Economy & You, First Bank of Nigeria…
‘75% of SMEs not in tax net’
As Nigeria struggles to raise taxes in the face of dwindling oil revenue, experts have said the government could…
Equipping young Nigerians for entrepreneurship, job…
Nigeria is bedeviled by high youth unemployment, estimated at over 50 percent.
The situation, described as a…
Stakeholders proffer solutions to SME funding gap
Small and medium-sized enterprises have been counselled to focus on a four-step approach for sourcing funding…
Maduka urges entrepreneurs to embrace legitimate…
Cosmos Maduka, chairman and chief executive officer, Coscharis Group has advised entrepreneurs to embrace the…
‘Nigeria’s future lies on SMEs’
Tony Ejinkeonye is the president of Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In this interview with Harrison Edeh,…
Integrated identity system enhances efficiency of E-…
An entrepreneur, Lola Masha, has said an integrated identity system is necessary to enhance the efficiency of…
Lack of trade finance a major obstacle for SMEs –…
Lack of access to trade has been identified as a major obstacle impeding the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises…
Nigeria leads pack as investor interest in African…
Data from the newly published "2016 Venture Finance in Africa” research, which was conducted by VC4Africa, shows…
Elumelu promotes Nigeria to French business community as…
Entrepreneur, philanthropist and promoter of Africaptalism, Tony Elumelu, in a speech delivered in Paris, France,…