SMEs Need Infrastructure Beyond Financing – FCMB VP
Nigeria’s small and medium-sized enterprises need more than access to finance to thrive, according to FCMB’s Senior Vice President and Divisional Head of Business Banking, George Ogbonnaya, who highlights infrastructure, skills and digital transformation as critical growth drivers, in this interview with OKECHUKWU NNODIM Beyond financing, what additional support do Nigerian businesses need to scale […]
The Key to Business Growth Beyond Salary
Treating employees well is a hallmark of a reputable employer. It forms a relationship, trumping contracts and mixing with a layer of shared experience, to the benefit of the business venture, ARINZE NWAFOR writes You cannot win over a worker with just a salary. These modern times make it particularly challenging to win over a […]
NCDMB Empowers 250 Youths With Solar & Vocational Skills
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, in collaboration with Jake Riley Academy, has trained 250 youths in Lagos in solar installation and other high-demand vocational skills as part of efforts to promote self-reliance and job creation. The beneficiaries graduated on Monday from the NCDMB Lagos Youth Skills Training Programme, a capacity-building initiative designed to […]
Nigeria’s Insurance Recapitalisation Needs Upgrades
Industry experts have said that Nigeria’s ongoing insurance recapitalisation must be matched with deliberate investments in skills, technology and market expansion to deliver real value to the economy and the public. Speaking on the state of the industry, former President of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, Edwin Igbiti, said the current phase calls for […]
World Bank calls for revamp of public works programmes
The World Bank has urged governments to revamp public works programmes, saying short-term jobs are no longer enough to address unemployment and skills gaps. In its report, Innovations in Public Works: Rethinking Public Works for Jobs and Skills in a Changing World, the lender said traditional schemes, which often provide temporary, low-skilled infrastructure work, fail […]
Expert Urges Nigeria to Update Digital Economy Policies
An author and governance and development strategist, Afolashade Jubrilla, has urged Nigeria’s policymakers to urgently align government policies, education systems and economic planning with the realities of the digital economy, warning that failure to do so could leave the country lagging behind its global and regional peers. In a statement to The PUNCH, she stated […]