Opportunity beckons: Nigeria has no single perfume bottles manufacturer
Ben Eguzozie
March 23, 2020
Euphoria Scents wants to become Nigeria’s perfume company of choice VALERIE YOUNG-HARRY is arguably Nigeria’s first and only perfume compounding manufacturer to date. A scents aficionado from childhood, being in love with scents, especially those made from natural plant-based ingredients that exclude harmful chemicals, thereby making them aromatherapy. Young-Harry, a management consultant and member of […]
Nigerians not ready to pay price for development – Yele Okeremi, CEO of PFS
Omobayo AzeezMarch 16, 2020
YELE OKEREMI, founder and chief executive officer, Precise Financial Systems (PFS), who also doubles as the national president of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), sat down with Business a.m.’s OMOBAYO AZEEZ in this interview, to dissect the state of the Nigerian software market in relation to local content patronage. He offers insight on […]
Nigeria’s transition to integrated reporting key to FDI attraction, says Innocent Okwuosa, NIRC Chair
Omobayo AzeezFebruary 10, 2020
Recently, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) inaugurated Nigeria Integrated Reporting Committee (NIRC) and made Innocent Okwuosa its chairman. In this interview with OMOBAYO AZEEZ, Innocent draws the direct correlation between adoption of integrated reporting (IR) standard in Nigeria and inflow of foreign investments in the country, and how the IR is the […]
Unregistered operators killing Nigeria’s courier sector – Okey Ubah, ANCO President
Omobayo AzeezJanuary 27, 2020
Okey Ubah assumed office as the president of the Association of Nigeria Courier Operators (ANCO) in May, 2019. He reveals in this interview with OMOBAYO AZEEZ, the various bottlenecks limiting the courier services industry from blossoming to its full potential; his experience in the office since investiture, as well as prospects for operators in the […]
Better funding will boost deep water drilling fluids engineering in Nigeria
Kenneth AforJanuary 20, 2020
ADEDAPO ADESINA is a University of Ibadan petroleum engineering graduate. He is a trained drilling fluids engineer with over 19 years professional experience in domestic oil and gas exploration and production operations. He currently works with one of the multinational oil and gas companies. In this interview with KENNETH AFOR, he provided insight on the […]
Improve bandwidth and telcos will deliver more to the Nigerian market – Owoeye, MD/CEO, Cedarview Communications
Omobayo AzeezNovember 25, 2019
Says VAS operators crave policy change to ease pains WALE OWOEYE is managing director/CEO, Cedarview Communications Limited, a fast growing ICT firm based in Lagos State, Nigeria, but with presence in Port Harcourt and Abuja. The company also maintains strategic alliances in Asia, Europe and the US. In this interview with business a.m.’s OMOBAYO […]
Nigeria’s membership of UPOV holds great potential for the nation’s economy – NASC
Tola AkinmutimiNovember 18, 2019
As the Federal Government continues to intensify its economic diversification agenda with agriculture being the hub of the ongoing drive, the importance of quality seeds to improved yields and incomes for farmers and the country cannot be over-emphasized. In this interview, the Director General of the National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), OLUSEGUN OJO, PhD., a […]
“A N40,000 family premium on Lagos Health Insurance Scheme can save you from N250,000 emergency
Phillip IsakpaOctober 29, 2019
Nigerians have a legendary apathy towards insurance generally. But government knows that to provide reasonable measure of healthcare to the population it must resort to health insurance and try to get citizens to take it up. The Lagos State Government, recognising the enormous funds required to provide healthcare for a population estimated at over 21 […]
CBN’s retention of MPR pushing riskier investments to the edge – Kurfi, CEO, APT Securities & Funds
Omobayo AzeezSeptember 30, 2019
Mallam Kasimu Garba Kurfi is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the APT Securities and Funds Limited, and a prominent player in the Nigerian capital market. Kurfi exclusively spoke to OMOBAYO AZEEZ of Business a.m. on Friday. Among other issues, he addressed the state of the economy, capital market’s rise and fall, government’ budget and […]
Restructure education to support entrepreneurship, and provide funds with low interest rates for small businesses to thrive – Ada Osuagwu
Kenneth AforSeptember 23, 2019
Running a business in Nigeria, especially in the service or manufacturing, requires extra effort from the owners to meet up with customers’ demand and to constantly initiate new sales models to keep the business afloat. To keep up with these obligations, small business owners in the country are faced with a high rate of infrastructural […]