Tag: Covid 19
World Bank Empowers Over 6,000 Lagos Farmers with Agricultural Inputs and...
Lagos, Nigeria - In a significant move to support the agricultural sector and bolster the growth of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in...
Consumer Perceptions and Behaviours Towards Brands Decisively Shifted Post-Pandemic in Sub-Saharan...
Johannesburg/Nairobi, September 26, 2022— A new survey on consumer perceptions and behaviours towards brands conducted by the Madrid-based global communications agency, MARCO, revealed a...
Widespread vaccination is the best safeguard for our children’s futures
I remember my first COVID-19 patient. She was 16 and I was called to see her after she had been admitted to hospital. Alone...
CDC Group announces US$50m trade finance facility with Ecobank as part...
This CDC facility will support the continent’s economic recovery and is expected to generate between US$70 - $140 million in additional trade annually
Provides systemic...
CBN increases target credit facility for households, MSMEs to N300 billion
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set aside another increased the amount set aside for the Target Credit Facility (TCF) for households, Small...
160,000 Nigerian women to benefit from Government’s cash grant
The Federal Government of Nigeria is targeting over 160,000 poor and vulnerable rural women, to benefit from the N20,000 cash grant. This, to cushion...
10,000 Nigerian Women to Benefit from Value Seeds COVID-19 Intervention in...
10,000 women in Nigeria will be selected as direct beneficiaries of a two-year agricultural intervention, as Value Seeds launches their COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience...
Fintech sector in Nigeria grew 800% despite COVID-19
Despite the pandemic, the Financial Technology (Fintech) payment space in Nigeria grew by about 800 per cent.
This was revealed by the Chief Executive Officer...
LSETF Unveils N5bn Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery Support for MSMEs
In a bid to help businesses in Lagos recover, save and create more jobs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Government...
COVID-19 is a ‘wake-up command’ to address Africa’s challenges – Tony...
The former UK prime minister addressed a virtual audience on the topic Building Back Better in Post COVID-19 Africa: The Role of Technology and...