SME

Small business owners have decried the current N10 sugar levy which has compounded high inflation and insecurity that have driven at least 30 percent of small and medium entrepreneurs out of business. …

The small business chain in the Nigerian agricultural sector is to get a boost with the plan by the United States to invest $15.7 million over five years to help make the country attain food sufficient. The fund will be managed by the…

Zenith Bank Plc has introduced a new product, Z-Woman which focus on empowering female business owners, assisting them to draw facility up to N10 million The facility attracts single-digit interest rate, free digital skills…

The EBRD and Piraeus Bank Ukraine (PBU) are supporting the development of Ukraine’s small and medium sized enterprises (SME) with new financial products designed to reduce project and currency exchange associated risks. The financing…

UMORU ABDULKADIR The 2019 Nigeria banking industry customer experience survey report recently published by the audit giant, KPMG Nigeria, showed that First City Monument Bank (FCMB) emerged the best Bank, followed by Access Bank…

By Chukwumah Kelechukwu For the new directive to commercial banks to improve credit to 60 percent of deposit to work, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will need to urgently address hindrances to lending so as to avoid a rise in…

On Saturday, April 13, 2019, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) hosted the fifth in its series of free capacity building programmes, tagged ‘’Business Enterprises and Sustainability Training (BEST)’’ organised for existing and start-up SMEs in…

Barbara Bako, Abuja. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected the sum of $210 million into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market. The Apex Bank’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr. Isaac Okorafor said this in a…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $50 million line of credit for Nigeria’s Fidelity Bank Plc to support small and medium sized enterprises. The money which will also support women-owned enterprises in selected…

BaoBaB Micro-Finance Bank says it has disbursed N32 billion to artisans and Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) In  its Nine years of existence. The bank’s Chief Executive, Mr Kazeem Olanrewaju said in Lagos on Friday that the SME…