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The Principal Consultant and Chief Executive Officer of MSME Business Development Services Limited, Dr. Peter Ayim will by tomorrow Tuesday, January 11, 2022 by 6:30am share insights on how Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) on the Fidelity SME Radio Forum. In an email Newsletter, Fidelity Bank said Dr. Peter …

Investments in the deployment of 4G network across African countries declined by seven per cent in 2020, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has said. The ITU in its latest report tagged “The Economic Impact of Broadband and Digitization through the COVID-19 Pandemic,” noted that the decline in 4G investments was …

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has said it sees the country’s inflation rate dropping to a single digit next year, with the full implementation of its recent policies designed to boost different sectors of the economy. The Director of Monetary Policy Department, CBN, Dr Hassan Mahmud, said this on …

Ecobank Group, in partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn, GitHub and Ecobank Academy is set to provide training to equip Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) across sub-Saharan Africa. This training will provide SMEs digital skills and knowledge to succeed in today’s digital world. SMEs have been significantly impacted by the COVID19 pandemic …

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has urged the Federal Government to strengthen its collaboration with relevant stakeholders to engender inclusive sustainable economic growth in the country. The NESG in a report on Sunday in its first quarter, 2021 Economic report noted that there was need to improve inclusive growth, …

By Tolu Oyekan As of this writing, the spread of COVID-19 in many African countries has been more contained, and the death toll lower, than some had expected in 2020. The economic fallout of the pandemic for Africans, however, will be different and could be more dire than for the …

Over 65,000 mobile phones, 15,000 laptops/desktops/printers, 3,150 inverters and inverter batteries, 1550 TVs, loads of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), as well as Home & Kitchen items of assorted brands and configurations are up for grabs on e-Commerce giant, Konga’s first major sales campaign for 2021 tagged January Clearance Sale. …

The Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Muhammad Nami said that a total of N4.18 trillion was generated in taxes from January to October 2020. Nami was represented by Mr Ezra Zubairu, Coordinating Director, Enforcement Support Group, FIRS, made this known at the opening ceremony of the Lagos International …

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says 68 percent of Nigerian households experienced moderate or severe food insecurity in August as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the national longitudinal survey on the socio-economic effects of COVID-19 on Nigerian households, conducted by the bureau in August, 51 percent …

The country’s inflation rate which stood at 12.82 per cent in July may rise up to 14.15 per cent by the end of December 2020 as the Federal Government’s deficit rises due to current economic challenges in the country. The CBN said this on Friday in its report titled ‘Monetary, …