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Nigeria primed to be Africa’s industrial powerhouse— Ex-UNIDO DG

Nigeria primed to be Africa’s industrial powerhouse— Ex-UNIDO DG

By Yinka Kolawole A former Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Dr Kandeh Yumkella, has said Nigeria has the essential foundations to become Africa’s industrial powerhouse but must translate its huge market, natural resources and entrepreneurial capacity into competitive production and exports. Yumkella, who identified Nigeria’s financial depth and strategic position within […]
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States not complying with 1% allocation for MfBs  — MD, DavoDani MfB

States not complying with 1% allocation for MfBs — MD, DavoDani MfB

Managing Director, DavoDani Microfinance Bank Limited, Mr. John Ologe, in this interview with Financial Vanguard spoke on the challenges of the subsector including inadequate capital base, loan default and non compliance of state governments to the provisions of the Microfinance Policy framework that stipulates that they allocate one percent of their revenue allocation to deposits in MfBs operating within their states. Excerpt:

Corporate results so far show mixed performances

Corporate results so far show mixed performances

CORPORATE results for full year 2017 have been rolling into the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, since after the Nigerian Breweries, NB Plc, blazed the trail previous week. The highlights have shown mixed performances, a development which also came along side mixed performances in equities trading.