The Lagos State Government has awarded grants to start-ups and science research initiatives from various universities within the state. The total grant of N100 million is part of the six pillars of the development agenda of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration which includes fuelling technology-driven innovations to transform Lagos into a 21st century digital economy and […]
Experts have called for the restructuring of loan facilities in Nigeria. This is to alleviate the adverse effects of some government policies on women that own micro-businesses with cash flow problems. According to them, a significant number of women are still financially excluded, as they earn less than men, and as a result, are closer […]
The special Adviser to the President on Ease of Doing Business, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, said the new Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 , CAMA, would reduce the regulatory burden on businesses in Nigerian and improve ease of doing business ecosystem. Dr Oduwole stated this during an Interview on TVC New. The Corporate Affairs Commission, […]
Nigeria’s creative industry is the second major creator of employment in the country after agriculture. Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, launched the Committee for the implementation of COVID-19 palliatives to Nigeria’s creative industry, with the aim of designing a plan to boost productivity in the sector during and after the pandemic. […]
Kaspersky, a cybersecurity company, has found that about 300,000 Nigerian Small and Medium Enterprises witnessed phishing attacks in the second quarter of 2020. This was disclosed in the Kaspersky’s new spam and phishing in Q2 2020 report. The report also taken from Nairametrics revealed that a number of new tricks have also been found – […]
National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Hajiya Saratu Iya Aliyu, has called for closer ties between Indonesia and Nigeria, especially in the area of agribusiness technology, to ensure that the nation’s agricultural production is enhanced for optimal output. She made the call during the first […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Environment in partnership with IITA, under the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), commissioned a cassava processing factory in Korokoro Community, Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abubakar, represented by the Project Coordinator of HYPREP, Marvin Dekil, during the commissioning, noted […]
The Lagos State Government has said ride-hailing operators will pay a levy of N20 known as road improvement fund, on each trip their drivers make in a day starting from August 27. The state government disclosed this on Friday in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Gboyega Akosile, and entitled […]
In a bid to show its commitment to providing capacity building for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria, Development Bank of Nigeria is set to hold the 2020 edition of its Entrepreneurship Training Programme. In addition to providing funding and risk-sharing facilities to MSMEs and Small Corporates through participating financial institutions, the Development Bank […]
Osun State said it has provided N329m as agricultural input loans, called Economies of Production, to maize farmers, under the Anchors Borrowers’ Programme, as part of its efforts to revitalise the agricultural sector. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Adedayo Adewole, said this in a statement on Friday titled ‘Osun empowers 2,038 maize farmers […]
