The PwC Media Excellence Awards celebrates and rewards excellence in business reporting in Nigeria. The competition is open to professional journalists on a full-time employment or freelancers, working in Nigeria, who have produced a story that falls within the categories covered by the award and that is available on a platform whose primary audience is…
Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (i-DICE) Programme, i-DICE, is a $600m funding support initiative that is available for young Nigerians in technology and creative sectors. The programme which was launched by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, also made a call on African governments and the private sector to do more to support the growth…
Google Africa developer scholarship program for the year 2022 registration is now opened. This was revealed by Juliet Ehimuan, Director, West Africa at Google. Juliet who is also a Digital Strategist and Leadership Coach announced on her LinkedIn page concerning the Google Africa developer scholarship 2022, that: “Today, I am pleased to announce that for…
Nigeria is currently facing a food security crisis that is compounded by the COVID-19 global pandemic and its effects on the food value chain in the country. The pandemic has significantly disrupted already fragile value chains across the country, including people’s ability to produce, process, and distribute food. The disruption to agricultural productivity and markets…
NIRSAL re-opens covid-19 loan application, a credit targeted facility where one can access up to twenty-five million naira (#25m). Thousands of beneficiaries have enjoyed from this stimulus package from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The package which originally is designed to support households and micro, small, and medium enterprises affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
In a tweet posted by the managing firm, Nirsal Microfinance Bank, pictures of presentation of equipment to AGSMEIS beneficiaries in different states was shared. Good news is that the application is still very much on. The Central Bank of Nigeria under the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is doing everything under its power to…
The survival fund for Uber drivers’ scheme is estimated to save not less than one million, three hundred thousand (1.3million) jobs across the country and specifically impact on over 35,000 individuals per state. The registration for the payment of the transport track of the artisan/transport support scheme otherwise known as the survival fund for Uber…
As part of the Federal Government’s post covid-19 pandemic survival intervention to support micro and small businesses to formalize their businesses, the Federal Government has approved the free business names registrations of 6,606 business names in each of the 34 states in the country. While, states like Abia, Lagos, and Kano will have 7,906, 9,084…
100-200 level students in public and private Universities in Nigeria are eligible to apply for the NCDMB Essay Competition where the winner stands a chance of winning a whooping sum of one million naira, (N1, 000,000.00). The NCDMB Essay Competition is sponsored by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to promote academic excellence…
Central Bank of Nigeria has released a framework for homes financing towards targeting people on low income level across the country. Mass housing construction is among the key economic activities with potentials to create significant number of jobs rapidly. It is in the light of this that the Bank introduces this financing initiative to support…
