What is the 2023 economic outlook for Nigeria? In this post, Emmanuel Otori presents a holistic view of the economic projections for Nigeria in the New Year. In conjunction with the IMF/World Bank annual meetings, forecasts were released at the July World Economic Outlook in July 2022. According to its projections, inflation in Nigeria will […]
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved the investment of $25 billion to develop agriculture in Nigeria and four other African countries. Specifically, the fund will help Nigeria transform from being a net importer of fertilizer to a fertilizer exporting nation. It was noted in total that AfDB is granting a facility of $510 […]
ShopRite Nigeria has debunked the story making the rounds that it intends to close shop in Nigeria. The Country Director for Chastex Consult, Ini Archibong, in a telephone conversation with Vanguard, said: “Shoprite is not leaving Nigeria. “We have only just opened to Nigerian investors which we have also been talking to just before now. […]
Pan-African technology innovation centre Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) has launched the second edition of the Women In Business programme, aimed at women-led businesses from Nigeria and Kenya looking to leverage technology to scale their solutions in the African market. The programme will bring together female entrepreneurs, software developers, investors, SMEs, corporates and industry experts across multiple […]
The Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has approved the expansion of the Nigerian Content Intervention Fund from $200m to $350m. They established on Sunday that the $150m (75 per cent) increase in the fund was part of the decisions taken at the recent NCDMB Governing Council meeting, which held virtually […]
Facebook has announced the launch of “My Digital World”, a programme designed to equip the youth and general public across sub-Saharan Africa with digital skills needed to navigate the digital world. My Digital World is a consolidation of all Facebook digital literacy programs including Safe Online with Facebook, Ilizwe Lam, and eZibo and will be […]
Forbes announced Nigeria’s First Digital Startup Accelerator program powered by the Global Startup Ecosystem early this year and within two weeks received over 5,000 applications. 200 companies were selected for the 2020 program which offered four weeks of free virtual training from 50 global speakers and access to $100,000 in free credits and perks from […]
Rois Ola The life of an entrepreneur involves speaking to customers, employees, suppliers and most importantly speaking to sell their products and services. While having a fantastic product is very important, the ability to convince potential buyers and investors about the product is perhaps much more important. The mastering of effective communication, especially to a […]
Anselem Kadiri Doing business in Nigeria is hard enough, but the ever-increasing activities of cybercriminals and the ripple effects they have on businesses are making an already terrible situation worse. Killing Trust Nigeria is a low-trust society. What this means is that we are generally untrusting as a people. We manage to get along cautiously, […]
Rois Ola As a business person seeking success, revenue increase and improved productivity, you must make consistent effort to enhance your business, maintain business visibility and achieve sustainability. Simple things like monitoring your cash flow, using social media to market your products and asking for help and coaching in weak areas are some of the […]
