In a bid to mitigate the impact of the treacherous looting that happened shortly after the #EndSars protest. Various government and non governmental organizations have come together to provide support for MSMEs. One of such organizations dia Paga Limited who recently joined forces with Whitefield Foundation. This Day reports, Paga Limited Nigeria’s leading mobile payments […]
The business community in Nigeria has been faced by funding issues where they do not have access to cheap loans. The government needs to assist the MSMEs more and most of these companies are producing obsolete machines, making them uncompetitive, because the external look Nigerian goods are loved at the international market. Punch reports, The […]
Chipper Cash was founded in San Francisco in 2018 by Ugandan Ham Serunjogi and Ghanaian Maijid Moujaled. The company offers mobile-based, no fee, P2P payment services in seven countries: Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya. Parallel to its P2P app, the startup also runs Chipper Checkout — a merchant-focused, fee-based payment product […]
This Day reports, The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has warned applicants of the MSME Survival Fund to be wary of extortionists and refrain from giving money to anybody to access the funds. Speaking in Jalingo, Taraba State, during a town hall meeting to sensitise artisans and transport business operators on […]
The IB PLC Hero’s Foundation Kickstart programme is open only to Nigerians between the ages 18 to 35 who live and have their businesses in Abia, Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Enugu, Imo and Rivers states. The ultimate goal of the programme is helping to build a young prosperous society by helping to create […]
In a bid to improve the rate of unemployment in the country and aid farmers make bountiful harvest, farmers have partnered with the FG to provide equipment that will aid agriculture in rural areas. PUNCH reports, Farmers under the aegis of Food Growers Association of Nigeria on Monday announced their partnership with the Federal Government […]
Thirty startups from across Africa have moved to the regional finals of the Seedstars World competition, the overall winner of the competition is set to secure US$500,000 in funding. Disrupt Africa reports, The annual Seedstars World competition, which is taking place virtually for this cycle, received over 5,000 applicants from across the world, with 94 […]
Vanguard reports The Nigerian Bankers Committee, NBC, has called on owners and operators of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, SMEs to acquire the needed education and skills to sustain the growth of small businesses in the country. NBC which made the declaration during its webinar conference with speakers drawn from different business organizations with the […]
Ventureburn reports, The Women in Business Growth Lab is accepting applications for their three-month programme for early-stage women-led startups in Nigeria. The programme is hosted by Connect Lab and aims to accelerate business profit and sustainable enterprises to increase job creation in Africa. The programme is structured to eliminate inequalities faced by women in business […]
Google at the same time said it was updating its Google Pay app to help users better organize payments to people and businesses. The initiative comes with tech giants moving deeper into personal finance with person-to-person payments and co-branded credit cards Vanguard reports, The internet giant said Wednesday it would be partnering with commercial banks […]
