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10 Mar
Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) and its subsidiaries joined the rest of the world on Friday, March 8, 2024, to commemorate the International Women’s Day (IWD) by leveraging its Closing Gong Ceremony to ring the bell for 'Gender Equality'. With the theme: 'Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress', the event focused on individual actions, conversations, behaviours and…
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The Bank of Industry (BoI) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have partnered to improve access to finance and export credit to boost Nigeria's industrialisation drive. Managing Director of BOI, Dr Olasupo Olusi, said this at the BOI-IFC Conference on Empowering Futures in Lagos, noting that the conference presented an opportunity to develop innovative ideas…
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A research has shown that technological advancement, platform-based alternative models, among others hold new possibilities for micro and small medium enterprises (MSMEs) to succeed in Nigeria.
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Amid multiple challenges facing the continent, policy leaders, yesterday, urged the Nigerian government and other African countries to highlight promising sectors and vectors of future growth in economic agenda.
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