Every day, new small and medium enterprises (SMEs) spring up to satisfy consumer’s needs and demands. In a saturated market, there is a need for competition with new businesses being pioneered. And some of these SMEs either offer or sell the same services and products. The real problem isn’t sameness but the need to be […]
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) create and sustain national development in relation to job creation all over the world and for this reason, they are considered key players in modern-day poverty alleviation, economic emancipation and total well-being worldwide. Most times, they do all these with little or no formal education, and while tackling various infrastructural […]
Catalyst Fund, the global inclusive fintech accelerator, has announced that six new fintech startups, from Nigeria, South Africa, Mexico and India are joining its existing portfolio of 31 companies and receiving £80,000 in grant capital, bespoke and expert-led venture building support for six months and 1:1 connections with investors and corporate innovators that can help […]
The Agro Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project has commenced the distribution of farm inputs to 10,000 farmers in Kaduna State. The Project Coordinator, Dr Yahaya-Aminu Abdulhadi, made this known during the delivery of the farm inputs to farmers’ cooperatives at Biye, Giwa Local Government on Thursday. Abdulhadi said that the intervention […]
‘VTU’ one of the most popular abbreviations in our present-day Nigeria, gone are the days of buying recharge card and having to start scratching. VTU is an abbreviation for Virtual Top Up, this is a process by which your phone would directly be credited by the vendor with digital crediting, saving you the stress of […]
The Association of Water Well Drilling Rig Owners and Practitioners (AWDROP) has identified environmental challenges, lack of business clinics and other problems associated with the Coronavirus pandemic as major constraints to the growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. The AWDROP National President, Mr Micheal Ale, who raised this concern when […]
Up to 40 Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) will benefit from a N2 million facility each, offered by the Rotary District 9110, Nigeria, covering Lagos and Ogun states, respectively. The facility is to enable them to boost their businesses and create more wealth in value chains trading. According to Rotary, the loan disbursement to […]
What if I told you that your product or service could reach millions of people right away? What if you could sell your product right to your target audience in the most cost-effective way and maximize profit? Well, this is possible thanks to the power of social media! In our world today, social media is […]
The African Development Bank Group has joined the World Trade Organisation and other multilateral development banks to reduce trade finance gaps that emerge as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a press release, the institutions said they would prioritize their support to areas in the world where such support is needed most, particularly in […]
The Ekiti Government, in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is to empower 1,000 farmers to accelerate cultivation of cassava in the state. Speaking on Tuesday at the launching of the programme in Ado-Ekiti, Gov Kayode Fayemi, represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Folorunso Olabode, said that the cassava production value chain […]
