Jumoke Oduwole
21 Mar
Against the urgent need to deepen the Federal Government's economic agenda - financial inclusion, job and wealth creation and fiscal growth, the critical role played by family businesses as the heartbeat of Nigeria's economy...
4 Mar
Stakeholders have called for more empowerment for women and the enabling environment to enable them to contribute to the nation’s economy.
27 Feb
The recent revelation by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), in its 2024 Outlook document that, of 345 companies in Africa with yearly turnover revenue of $1 billion, only 23 are in Nigeria
22 Feb
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) will, in the next three months, work on a regulatory framework that will reposition the federal government’s ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) for improvement in ease of doing business.
22 Jan
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has revealed that out of 345 companies with a turn over revenue of $1 billion in Africa (N1 trillion using official exchange rates), only 23 are in Nigeria
17 Jan
The federal government is set to launch an intervention package tagged Business Champion Programme targeted at large and medium-scale businesses.This was announced by the Special Adviser to the President of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council ..
25 Oct 2023
Special Adviser to the President on Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole has revealed that there are approximately 23.8 million family businesses, responsible for millions of jobs, dispersed throughout the country and collectively they contribute around $200 billion annually into the nation’s economy. She made this revelation at the 2023…
25 Oct 2023
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has released its 2023 Biannual Executive Order 001 (EO1) Compliance Report, showing Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Standards Organisation of Nigeria ..
5 Oct 2023
The Federal government has restated its commitment to massive infrastructure development to grow the economy and non-oil export while leveraging the ease of doing business to expand foreign exchange earnings.
22 Sep 2023
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, a Senior Fellow at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, USA, as Special Adviser on Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) and Investment. Oduwole, who until the appointment was a senior lecturer at the faculty of law, University of Lagos,…
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