In regards to the pressing challenge of obtaining funding faced by small businesses, PricewaterHouseCoopers (PwC) has come up with strategies to ensure sustainable growth for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. In an annual report titled “PwC’s MSME Survey 2020- Building to last”, it said Nigeria has the largest economy in Africa but the […]
Do you feel unchallenged and dissatisfied with work? Do you feel like you don’t fit into the 9-5 work schedule? Are you feeling frustrated with it all? Maybe you have a disruptive idea you know in your heart can impact your society? Just like you, the million-dollar serial entrepreneur, Dan Lok had this to say; […]
VC4A is targeting disruptive African scale-ups looking to raise between $500K and $10 million. Partnering with technical partner AWS Activate, VC4A will be hosting the exclusive ‘Venture Showcase – Series A’ in October as part of a virtual gathering of Africa-focused early-stage investors. Since 2017, VC4A has showcased growth-stage startups as part of the annual […]
US public relations (PR) company C Moore Media is calling on African female founders to apply to a public relations (PR) and communications mentorship programme. The Future is Female Programme, is aimed at African women based on the continent or in the diaspora, who are launching or growing a tech business for African markets or […]
Owning your own business would always be a good thing, many times it would have its ups and downs just like some other things in our lives. The truth is that many small business owners at various points are prone to making mistakes. I mean mistakes are part of life, right? That is why materials […]
In a bid to hasten the economic recovery of businesses in Oyo state, the state Governor, Seyi Makinde, has inaugurated a N1 Billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development Scheme. Makinde said the scheme was part of the state’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery plans. The governor, while carrying out the symbolic presentation of cheques to […]
On the 20th of May,2020 in Lagos, Nigeria. Shell funded Nigerian impact investor All On is pleased to announce that 22 wholly Nigerian owned enterprises have been shortlisted for the 2020 USADF – All On Nigeria Off-Grid Energy Challenge. This third edition of the annual challenge, which is in partnership with the United States African […]
Let’s begin by stating a very interesting fact about SMEs in Nigeria. Do you know that there were 41.5m MSMEs registered in 2017 NBS/SMEDAN National Survey? There are so many small business ideas running in the minds of potential business owners. However, research shows that some people who start businesses end up frustrated before the […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday said it plans to fund the value chains of nine agricultural commodities to the tune of N432bn in the 2020 wet planting season. These commodities include rice, cotton, oil palm, tomato, cassava, poultry, fish, maize, cocoa and livestock/dairy. Senior officials of the bank disclosed this at a stakeholders’ […]
To assist smallholder farmers in Asia, Africa and Latin America who are facing additional challenges resulting from COVID-19, Bayer, as part of its societal engagement activities and through its new “Better Farms, Better Lives” initiative, is providing seeds and crop protection inputs as well as assistance with market access and support for health and safety […]
