Will your company’s compliance programe withstand the nCOVID-19 tsunami?

The coronavirus (nCOVID-19) outbreak is causing widespread concern and economic privation for the government, consumers, businesses and communities across the globe. The situation is changing nippily with widespread effects. At this point in time, the nCOVID-19 has infected 1,605,790 individuals globally, and killed 95,766 with 357,003 recoveries since being identified in China at the end […]

Due Diligence when investing in a microfinance bank

Due Diligence is a form of investigation or review that you need to perform to confirm the authenticity of the records and information that have been provided by the microfinance bank to support their prospectus or their call for you to acquire interest in the bank. It is imperative that you examine all the financial […]

GRC, cybersecurity intersection for curbing cybercrimes menace (2)

Identification theft, fraudulent online transfers, payment-card frauds, network assaults, denial-of-service attacks by malicious networks of computers (botnets), ransomware, cyberbullying, trolling and online child pornography are  all common forms of Cybercrimes.. They show that nothing is safe on the internet – apart from criminals, it seems. It is incredibly difficult to protect computers, networks and the […]

Adopting iso 9001 standard guidelines to build quality information management systems (1)

Digitising business processes and data protection function

The concept of building quality information management systems is a key component in building longlasting businesses. However, information management systems have been fraught with corporate bureaucracies, misunderstanding of the company’s goals and uncooperative stakeholders. In this article, I will show how companies use the International Standard Organisation’s guidelines as a guide for building quality information […]

Oil’s historical 17-year low puts Nigeria under the spotlight

Naira, PMI’s and Inflation in focus

Fears over Nigeria descending into a recession have intensified after US crude tested levels below $20 for the first time in more than 17 years. The last few months have certainly not been kind to Oil which has depreciated over 65% since the start of 2020. With Oil expected to trend lower amid widespread lockdowns across the […]

How is the Coronavirus impacting Nigeria’s economy?

Naira, PMI’s and Inflation in focus

On March 26, Nigeria joined many other nations banning flights into the country and urging shelter-in-place, social isolation practices amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. President Buhari approved a 10-billion-naira grant to the epicentre Lagos to fight the outbreak in the region and a five-billion-Naira grant to support the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Exports of […]