Twenty-five young African agripreneurs advanced to the final round of the African Development Bank’s AgriPitch competition, stepping closer to a share of US$120,000 in seed funding prizes, training and other benefits. Finally, two startups from Nigeria and Kenya have been pronounced winners of the African Development Bank’s $120,000 AgriPitch competition. Disrupt Africa reported last month […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday emphasised its commitment to mitigating the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of the citizens through its various intervention initiatives & schemes. One of those initiatives is the MSME Survival Fund. In a report by Vanguard, Mr Kayode Pitan, Chairman, Bank of Industry (BoI) spoke at the […]
PM News reports, The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, has charged no fewer than 100 women and youth graduates of the State Agripreneurship Programme to be committed to the attainment of the government’s food security goal. Olusanya stated this at the graduation ceremony of the second batch of the Lagos Agripreneurship Programme […]
In a bid to mitigate the impact of the treacherous looting that happened shortly after the #EndSars protest. Various government and non governmental organizations have come together to provide support for MSMEs. One of such organizations dia Paga Limited who recently joined forces with Whitefield Foundation. This Day reports, Paga Limited Nigeria’s leading mobile payments […]
The business community in Nigeria has been faced by funding issues where they do not have access to cheap loans. The government needs to assist the MSMEs more and most of these companies are producing obsolete machines, making them uncompetitive, because the external look Nigerian goods are loved at the international market. Punch reports, The […]
Chipper Cash was founded in San Francisco in 2018 by Ugandan Ham Serunjogi and Ghanaian Maijid Moujaled. The company offers mobile-based, no fee, P2P payment services in seven countries: Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya. Parallel to its P2P app, the startup also runs Chipper Checkout — a merchant-focused, fee-based payment product […]
This Day reports, The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has warned applicants of the MSME Survival Fund to be wary of extortionists and refrain from giving money to anybody to access the funds. Speaking in Jalingo, Taraba State, during a town hall meeting to sensitise artisans and transport business operators on […]
The IB PLC Hero’s Foundation Kickstart programme is open only to Nigerians between the ages 18 to 35 who live and have their businesses in Abia, Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Enugu, Imo and Rivers states. The ultimate goal of the programme is helping to build a young prosperous society by helping to create […]
Vanguard reports The Nigerian Bankers Committee, NBC, has called on owners and operators of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, SMEs to acquire the needed education and skills to sustain the growth of small businesses in the country. NBC which made the declaration during its webinar conference with speakers drawn from different business organizations with the […]
Ventureburn reports, The Women in Business Growth Lab is accepting applications for their three-month programme for early-stage women-led startups in Nigeria. The programme is hosted by Connect Lab and aims to accelerate business profit and sustainable enterprises to increase job creation in Africa. The programme is structured to eliminate inequalities faced by women in business […]
