Investors Beware
Adolphus Abraham
January 20, 2020
By Adolphus Abraham By popular demand, I had broken down my piece on Microfinance outlook for the decade into two parts. The first part was published last week and it dwelt on the factors that will shape the industry for which every investor should be concerned. The factors were 1) Financial Technology 2) Demographics 3) […]
GRC agility, integration and harmonisation
Emmanuel MooreJanuary 20, 2020
By Dr. Emmanuel Moore ABOLO In today’s world, the organization is not only complex, but also chaotic and in a perpetual state of transmutation. The organization is: • Distributed. Business is not done within traditional brick-and-mortar walls as it now has distributed operations complicated by a web of global business partners and client relationships. Physical […]
The biggest winners of newly signed finance bill
Adesola AfolabiJanuary 14, 2020
When Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president, announced the signing of the finance bill into law on Monday, one of the things he said the bill will do is to support micro, small and medium entreprises (MSMEs), in line with the government’s ease of doing business reforms. The bill ensures that businesses with turnover less than N25 […]
NITDA and its awareness programme
Michael IreneJanuary 13, 2020
By Michael Irene, PhD, Twitter: @moshoke Email: mike@mireneglobalconsults.com.ng Nigerian Information Technological Development Agency’s (NITDA) ability to gain and deploy sufficient knowledge to data subjects and companies about new developments in the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation(NDPR) is an important consideration now and for the future. Without it, companies, individuals and even legislators will be confused about the […]
What Will 2020 Hold for the Nigerian Economy?
Lukman OtunugaJanuary 13, 2020
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM 2019 was a rough year for the Nigerian economy thanks to volatile crude Oil prices and the headwinds not only coming from global recession risks but also US-Chin a trade tensions. In addition, there were political uncertainties amid elections which settled down following the re-election of President […]
NITDA and its awareness program
Michael IreneJanuary 13, 2020
By Michael Irene, PhD Twitter: @moshoke Email: mike@mireneglobalconsults.com.ng Nigerian Information Technological Development Agency’s (NITDA) ability to gain and deploy sufficient knowledge to data subjects and companies about new developments in the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation(NDPR) is an important consideration now and for the future. Without it, companies, individuals and even legislators will be confused about […]
Before You Invest Consider the Big Five!
Adolphus Areban AbrahamJanuary 13, 2020
By Adolphus Areban Abraham Last week, I had the opportunity to express my opinion on what the decade portends for the microfinance industry in Nigeria for the decade last week. Following the reactions and comments I have received and for the benefit of the few who felt the piece was too lengthy, I have decided […]
Pragmatic government policies for a prosperous 2020
Olukayode OyeleyeJanuary 13, 2020
WITH THE COMING of the year 2020, the governance of Nigeria needs to be done differently. Bold initiatives are expected to be taken and reforms done in critical areas of the economy. There is therefore the need to overhaul the existing machineries of government and make them more result-oriented rather than existing just for the […]
Why 2020 economic growth forecast again falls below population growth rate
Adesola AfolabiJanuary 6, 2020
…remains a far cry from ERGP’s 7% target Nigeria’s economic expansion in year 2020 has been forecast to reach 2.10 percent. This forecast, which is roughly in line with the average consensus, was made by a team of economic expert at the Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) led by Bismark Rewane, a member of President […]
On Lagos State Internal Revenue Service(lirs) data breach
Michael IreneJanuary 6, 2020
By Michael Irene, PhD As part of its mission to ensure that companies comply with the new Nigerian Data Protection Regulation, the National Information Development Agency (NITDA), on Friday, 27th December 2019, reported a data protection breach involving the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS). The report gives a broad perspective of the breach. However, […]