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Manufacturers deepen local raw materials sourcing, up 11% in 3yrs

Manufacturers deepen local raw materials sourcing, up 11% in 3yrs

By Yinka Kolawole Nigeria’s manufacturing sector recorded a steady increase in the use of locally sourced raw materials between 2021 and 2024, with the share rising from 51.5 per cent in 2021 to 57.1 per cent in 2024, as foreign exchange pressures, naira depreciation and rising import costs pushed manufacturers towards domestic alternatives. Data from […]
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2ND AWE SUMMIT: A GEM approach to Financial Inclusion for Women

2ND AWE SUMMIT: A GEM approach to Financial Inclusion for Women

What a man can do, a woman can do better, goes a popular saying. This implies that a woman is endowed with potentials, which when properly harnessed, can make a woman function at the same level of performance or even at higher level than a man. The validity of this belief is reflected in the life and stories of women who have not only succeeded but also excelled in academics, governance and in the business world.

ICAN calls for strengthening of existing institutions

ICAN calls for strengthening of existing institutions

If Nigeria must be transformed economically, all its existing institutions must be strengthened while new ones are created with a more enduring framework. This is part of the recommendations made at the just concluded 7th Eastern Zonal Accountants Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state.

SEC, FMAN to expand access to collective investment scheme

SEC, FMAN to expand access to collective investment scheme

AS part of efforts to deepen the Collective Investment Scheme, CIS, the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, and Fund Managers Association of Nigeria, FMAN, at the third quarterly meeting held weekend in Lagos agreed to produce an all encompassing strategic plan.

NECA protests use of foreigners in promoting entrepreneurship in Nigeria

NECA protests use of foreigners in promoting entrepreneurship in Nigeria

NIGERIA Employers Consultative Association, NECA, has protested the use of foreigners from Italy, South Africa and Zimbabwe by the Ekiti State Government, for its International Enterprise Development Training for Young Farmers in the state, instead of Nigerian certified International Labour Organisation, ILO, Master Trainers who have same competence and qualifications as their foreign counterparts.