‘I defied odds to start my business’
Naija Wears Ltd founder Ruth Okechukwu is a passionate entrepreneur. DANIEL ESSIET reports that she grew her business through hardwork. Co-Founder Naija Wears Ltd, Ruth Okechukwu, carried a dream...
View ArticleProviding financial lifeline to entrepreneurs
Startups and entrepreneurs are starved of funding. Kinetic Consulting Founder Edward Esene is helping early stage companies to get backers and grants. Founder, Kinetic Consulting, Mr Edward Esene...
View ArticleChanging the face of legal service
Anthony Rhodes, a legal start-up is one of the several new “disrupters” changing the face of legal service for businesses. The online start-up is looking into the future of the industry and the...
View ArticleFrom tutoring to the big league
Neo Media and Marketing, Chief Executive Ehi Braimah has enjoyed financial freedom since he began tutoring at 17. Now a big player in public relations, Braimah believes tutoring business owners and...
View Article‘There is money in mushroom cultivation’
An entrepreneur, Travih Abayomi, who manages the mushroom research farm of the World Bank-funded Africa Centre of Excellence in Phytomedicine Research and Development in Jos, the Plateau State capital,...
View ArticleLending them a helping hand
To help them grow, the Lagos State government has trained artisans and small businesses on how to hone their skills. The training was organised by the Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment in...
View ArticleTurning cassava waste to wealth
The food industry has been making an impact because of its potential for value addition. Like food waste and animal feed, cassava peels have the potential of becoming big business.DANIEL ESSIET reports...
View Article‘How we’ve impacted on over 20,000 businesses through micro-credit scheme’
The Osun Micro-credit Agency has given a breakdown on how its N3.2bn loan scheme has impacted on more than 20,000 businesses in the last year, 2016. The General Manager of the agency, Mr. Dayo...
View ArticleA philosopher-decorator
Tinus Interior Design Chief Executive Atinuke Obabiyi-Nicol started her business in 2015. She has grown into a turnkey interior solutions provider, designing and executing art works for residential...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs to watch
To the government, entrepreneurship should drive transformation, economic development and business growth at a period like this. Here is the profile of entrepreneurs who are building businesses, brands...
View ArticleHow SME clusters can boost sustained growth
Accelerating industrialisation requires creating small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) clusters and focusing on job creation and entrepreneurship, the President, Association of Small Business...
View ArticleGroup launches job creation initiative
The Youth Leadership Entrepreneurship, Access and Development (You Lead) project, implemented by Cuso International in Nigeria, has launched a Private Sector Engagement Initiative to promote the growth...
View ArticleBuilding hope, skills, incomes through entrepreneurship
The Covenant University pioneered the idea of making entrepreneurship development studies compulsory for all its students in 2002. The motivation was to produce graduates who would be jobs creators....
View ArticleEntrepreneur banks on digital currency success
A computer expert-turned digital currency entrepreneur, Innocent Iwujie, caught the entrepreneurial bug early. He is promoting digital and info marketing. He is an influence to many when it comes to...
View ArticleHow business incubators can help start-ups thrive
The Global Ambassador, International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) Nigeria, Mr. Jimmy Okoroh, has said his organisation is ready to partner the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI)...
View ArticleBuilding skills to reduce unemployment
Training in employment skills plays an important role in equipping young people and adults for work and social integration. To this end, the Lagos State Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment has...
View ArticleMaking a living from charcoal briquettes
A Cross River State-based innovator, Mr Emmanuel Ntiti, is empowering Nigerians to make briquettes out of charcoal dust, solve fuel problem, reduce poverty, unemployment and tackle poor waste...
View ArticleSMEs plead for forex rules’ relaxation
Association of Micro Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (AMEN), President Saviour Iche has called on the government to relax foreign exchange rules hindering small businesses from importing critical...
View ArticleICT, insurance converge on Lagos
INFORMATION Communications Technology (ICT) stakeholders in Nigeria are set to dialogue with their counterparts in the insurance industry to generate ideas on how to use ICT to drive insurance...
View ArticleSMEs seek cassava chips’ export opportunities
Tranforming cassava into an industrial input is providing income opportunities for small businesses and entrepreneurs, DANIEL ESSIET reports. Transformation of cassava from a root crop to a prized...
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