financial inclusion
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BRAND REPORT
NCGC Unlocks ₦64.13bn Loans as Nigeria Tests New Credit-Guarantee Model
Nigeria’s National Credit Guarantee Company has deployed ₦30.19 billion in guarantees to support ₦64.13 billion in loans for 174,495 borrowers.…
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BRAND REPORT
SEC Targets ₦750trn Capital Market by 2036: The Real Growth Test
SEC’s new ten-year master plan targets a ₦750 trillion Nigerian capital market by 2036, with domestic savings central to its…
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BRAND REPORT
NIBSS Bets on Open-Source jPOS to Power Nigeria’s Payments Future
NIBSS has adopted Transactility’s jPOS-based switching technology for Nigeria’s National Payment Stack, betting on open architecture, local engineering and ISO…
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NEWS
Nigeria Seeks AfDB, EBID Funding as 7,000 Refugees Return Home
Nigeria wants AfDB and the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development to help finance sustainable solutions for refugees and internally…
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BUSINESS
NBA President Urges Banks to Open Credit Pathways for Female Lawyers to Own Law Firms
The NBA President has challenged banks to open credit pathways for female lawyers who want to own law firms, reframing…
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NEWS
Bigger Capital, Better Dividends? Nigeria’s Insurers Face Investor Pressure
Nigeria’s insurance shareholders want bigger capital to produce better dividends. But enlarged equity bases also raise the earnings hurdle, making…
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BRAND REPORT
Insurance Recapitalisation, How Can Nigeria’s Insurers Convert Capital into Growth and Profitability?
Nigeria’s insurance recapitalisation has created stronger balance sheets. The harder race is converting fresh capital into profitable underwriting, new customers,…
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BRAND REPORT
CBN’s Vision 2028 Puts Digital Payments at the Centre of Nigeria’s Inclusion Drive
The CBN wants Nigerians to embrace agent banking, POS, mobile money, USSD, digital wallets and QR payments. But genuine inclusion…
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BUSINESS
Bigger Banks, Broader Impact: CIBN Pushes for MSME Lending
CIBN has challenged recapitalised banks to move beyond larger balance sheets and deploy fresh capital into MSMEs, productive sectors and…
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BRAND REPORT
FirstBank Backs Women Entrepreneurs with ₦10m Spark A Gem Grants
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has strengthened its women’s economic-empowerment proposition with the launch of the Spark A Gem Challenge,…
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