Senate Opens Door to $50bn Funding Market for Nigerian SMEs
The Senate yesterday passed the Factoring Assignment and Receivables Financing Bill, 2026, opening the door for Nigerian micro, small and ...
The Senate yesterday passed the Factoring Assignment and Receivables Financing Bill, 2026, opening the door for Nigerian micro, small and ...
C2FO and IFC have introduced CycleFlow in Nigeria, a platform that allows small businesses to convert approved invoices into immediate ...
In the face of mounting challenges faced by small businesses struggling under high-interest loans, the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of ...
Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has secured a N5 billion loan facility from the Bank of ...
Swedfund, Sweden’s development finance institution, has signed a USD 10 million loan to Platcorp Holdings Limited to support lending to ...
This quarter’s session, which is the second for 2025, will hold on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at the UBA House, ...
The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and Nigeria (MITI) and the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) are collaborating with ...
Africa's Global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has reaffirmed its leadership position in fostering economic growth and empowerment ...
Key Highlights Commitment underpinned by strategic investments, public-private partnerships, and market innovation initiatives Focus on enabling MSMEs, scaling cross-border payments, ...
Accion is supporting Dashen Bank to build an innovation hub that aims to expand digital banking services to micro, small, ...
During the event, the Vice President emphasised Nigeria’s focus on creating an attractive environment for foreign investment, pointing to the ...
The Bank of Industry has announced that, within the first nine months of 2024, it successfully disbursed loans totaling N77.65bn ...
Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) and the Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) have announced the launch of the third edition of the GAIN ...
…aims to provide long-term capital and capacity building for unbanked and under-banked businesses in Nigeria
Africa is often hailed as the birthplace of some of the world’s most exciting tech startups. From Cape to Cairo, ...

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