The Nigerian American Chamber of Commerce (NACC), and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), have harped on the need for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), to adhere strictly to international standards to be competitive at the global market. The Director General, SMEDAN, Dikko Radda, said the ability of SMEs to compete…

Ecobank Nigeria has launched the Emerald Ecobank Business Club, which aims at widening opportunities for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through the creation...

Rise Network in collaboration with Lagos State Government has presented cash rewards of N50,000 each each to 100 winners of her local government’s Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) competition.

The African Development Bank (AfDB), Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) and Bank of Industry (BoI) are identifying with a convention of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) holding in Lagos. Convened by the African Sustainable SME Export Trade Solutions, the programme has collaborators in Institute Of Packaging Nigeria; Connect Nigeria; Pact Universal; Atlantic Exhibition; BellAfricana, and 3T…

What sets the difference between many entrepreneurs is having the ability and skill set to strategize, plan and execute. These are core components of business programs around the globe. While most SME entrepreneurs may not have the stretch or financial capability to go for business programs....

Broadband communications service provider, VDT Communications, has announced the extension of its service offering to blooming small and medium businesses, SMEs through its new product offering called - VDT SMEmpower. Introducing the product to the media, the General Manager, VDT Communications, Bimbo Ikumariegbe, explained that the new product was born out of the need to…

God's ultimate desire is that your business or whatever you are doing becomes BIG. He said in His Word.... “I wish above all things that you prosper” (3 John 2a) Today’s Big Businesses did not start Big. Rather, they all have little beginnings. “Though your beginnings might be small, your later end shall greatly increase”…

The quick passage of a bill on factoring in Nigeria, is a crucial step in facilitating the ease of doing business, and procuring the trust of investors in the country, was underscored recently during a public hearing held at the National Assembly in Abuja.     Speaking during the Public Hearing on the Factoring Bill, the…

As top business owners, policy makers and small and medium scale industrialists converge on Abuja for the 2018 edition of African Business Summit on August 3, organisers of the event have expressed optimism about business growth and opportunities in Africa despite numerous daunting challenges. The summit, whose sole focus is for networking and knowledge sharing,…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has emphasized the need to increase credit culture in order to record significant improvement in area of financial inclusion for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The Senior Manager, Development Finance Department of CBN, Chinedu Zephaniah, who spoke at a workshop organised by Bankers’ Committee on funding Nigeria SMEs, said…

It was indeed an atmosphere of learning, as small and medium scale entrepreneurs from Lagos and beyond gathered at the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) recently to join in building online business at the second edition of Building a business Empire (BABE) project in Lagos. A brainchild of Nigeria’s number one indigenous hosting solutions platform,…

A service marketplace company, Vconnect has introduced an online platform, aimed at connecting small and medium scale businesses with customers as part of efforts to promote effective marketing. The platform, market.vconnect.com, is an online mall of customers, where qualified service professionals can find and connect with real customers at any given time. Specifically, with the…