MSMEs
2 Sep 2023
To bolster entrepreneurial spirit, Pan-African creative agency, X3M Ideas, has launched a national competition to showcase, promote and offer funding to start-ups and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Zambia.
24 Aug 2023
Towards strengthening burgeoning enterprises, Ingenium Communications has launched a bespoke marketing suite, ‘Xcellerate’, for start-ups and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria.
23 Aug 2023
Vice President Kashim Shettima has declared that the Nigerian government is passionate about empowering Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for development of the nation’s economy.
16 Aug 2023
The Niger Delta Youth Professionals (NDYP) said it has empowered more than 1,600 micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) in the region with N0.5m grant each to support and increase the capacities of their businesses. NDYP said the organisation created over 4,922 direct and indirect jobs through grants and trained more than 2,304 business owners…
4 Aug 2023
For economic growth in the country, Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has lent over N600 billion to eligible financial intermediaries since inception. Besides, the Federal Government’s wholesale bank has initiated partnership with two conventional financial.....
27 Jul 2023
With a financing access gap of over 99 per cent, Nigeria’s micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) are, perhaps, the least funded globally.
18 Jul 2023
As small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) make up a huge percentage of businesses and economic growth, the Director-General, National Information Technology, Development Agency (NITDA) Kashifu Inuwa...
9 Jul 2023
Manufacturers, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) operators, business leaders, and economic groups, yesterday, sent a save-our-soul to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the need to cushion the harsh effects of the new administration’s economic policies on businesses, lives, and livelihoods.
6 Jul 2023
The Godswill Akpabio-led 10th Senate recorded its first rowdy session yesterday, after the Senate President’s rejection of a motion to debate alleged uneven distribution of N500 billion credit facilities to Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs)
6 Jul 2023
AS resources continue to shrink by the day, the Federal Government has opened the door of partnership with stakeholders to provide the needed support for the survival of over 39.6 million micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) spread across the country.
30 Jun 2023
Member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have been urged to consider the crucial role of international standards in addressing regulatory fragmentation of digital technology and intangible digital products (IDPs)
29 Jun 2023
The Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) is collaborating with Fidelity Bank to increase the capacity of five million Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) exporters in the non-oil sector.
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