Nigeria: Finance Ministry Settles Over N700 Billion in Contractors Debt, Prioritising SMEs
The Federal Government has processed more than N700 billion in verified payments to local contractors, prioritising small firms, while contractor ...
The Federal Government has processed more than N700 billion in verified payments to local contractors, prioritising small firms, while contractor ...
Brass will shut down as an independent business banking startup and migrate customers into Paystack Microfinance Bank by July 31, ...
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are not just a segment of Nigeria’s economy, they account for 96% of all businesses, ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released its Credit Conditions Survey Report for the fourth quarter of 2025 on Monday, ...
The people featured in this list are operating inside that gap; they are not reacting to growth but are organising ...
This transition dictates how businesses grow and survive in the new year, and the next decade at large.
Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, has reaffirmed that 97% of Small and ...
But a skeleton alone does not make a human being. For actual economic inclusion, for SMEs to grow securely and ...
The Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of Pan-Atlantic University, Fidelity Bank Plc, and MTN Nigeria Foundation, have called on Nigerian entrepreneurs ...
65% of Nigeria’s informal businesses earned more in 2025, but only 47% made profit, as inflation and high costs choke ...
While delayed, the policy exposes growing distrust in government reforms and raises concerns over its impact on transport, SMEs, and ...
The question is no longer whether you can compete with other businesses, but if you can survive policy shocks long ...
Mr. ‘DeRemi Atanda, managing director of Remita Payment Services Limited, joined other prominent leaders in the technology, finance, and policy ...
Trade Lenda has supported thousands of MSMEs’ operations in over 100 markets nationwide, and over $10 million committed toward expanding ...
This is particularly dire for the viable but temporarily distressed SMEs inhabiting commercial bank portfolios

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Africa’s innovation ecosystem is evolving, but where will the funding for the next generation of startups come from?
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