Africa needs to strengthen policy framework to realise E-Commerce potential, aays GSMA
Agwunobi Joy
October 24, 2023
Agwunobi Joy A report by GSMA Central Insights Unit and the UK’s Department for Business and Trade has shown that while
UBA introduces NQR for convenient financial transactions
Onome AmugeSeptember 25, 2023
By Onome Amuge. Multinational pan-African financial services group,United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has launched an indigenous quick
Buhari signs Nigeria’s first business facilitation bill into law to support MSMEs
Cynthia EzekweFebruary 15, 2023
By Cynthia Ezekwe President Muhammadu Buhari, has signed the 2022 Business Facilitation Bill also known as the Omnibus Bill into law,
FATE Foundation outlines benefits, costs of CBN’s withdrawal limit policy on MSMEs
Cynthia EzekweJanuary 16, 2023
By Cynthia Ezekwe Reduction of unbanked, Increased financial inclusion In its quest to curb the rise in money laundering
Nigerian MSMEs face N13trn credit deficit, IFC reports
Onome Amuge, Rosemary IwualaDecember 14, 2022
By Onome Amuge/Rosemary Iwuala Nigerian micro,small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have an unmet demand for credit of approximately
Personal savings, family, cooperatives top finance sources for Nigeria MSMEs, says report
Onome AmugeNovember 25, 2022
By Onome Amuge Majority of entrepreneurs in Nigeria depend on personal savings as the main source of financing for their businesses,
FCMB, Mastercard to support 100,000 MSMEs
Onome AmugeMay 17, 2022
BY ONOME AMUGE First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and Mastercard Foundation have joined forces to provide subsidised loans to 100,000
Targeted credit facility: 80,000 beneficiaries get N49bn –CBN
Businessam StaffJune 28, 2020
Eighty thousand beneficiaries have so far received the sum of N49 billion out of the the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) N50
Cashless policy implementation may hurt MSMEs, says MAN
Businessam StaffOctober 1, 2019
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has said the implementation of the cashless policy may have negative impact on the micro,
Nigeria’s Lidya raises $6.9m to expand loan book for MSMEs
Businessam StaffMay 23, 2018
Lidya, Nigeria-based digital financial services platform focused on improving access to credit for micro-, small-, and medium-sized