The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, said that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the exemption of the digital economy sector from 5 per cent excise duty. Pantami made this known on Tuesday during a press briefing by the Presidential Review Committee on Excise Duty in...
MSMEs
Mr. Olawale Fasanya, Director General (DG) of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), said the Agency would continue to support entrepreneurs to create jobs and alleviate poverty in Nigeria. Fasanya said this during the flag off of Women In Self Empowerment Empowerment Programme (WISE-P) in Katsina...
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), in partnership with Sterling Bank Plc, has started a matching fund programme for agro-based Nano, Micro and Small Enterprises (NMSEs). This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by the Head of Corporate Affairs Division of...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja – More than 22 institutions in the country, comprising 18 universities, and six polytechnics, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), drawn evenly from the six geopolitical zones in the country, have benefited from a Federal Government’s broadband infrastructure projects designed to accelerate the Nigeria Digital...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Richard Adebayo, has said that the Federal Government has invested over $3bn invested in seven sugar Backward Integration Programme (BIP) projects and eight independent projects across the country. He stated this on Thursday at the Command Guest...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Tuesday released a grant worth N814m to a combined number of 9,154 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s), to stimulate local businesses. The Governor gave the grant at the launch of the “Borno COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic...
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), says West African countries must create export-ready MSMEs that can compete with exports from other countries. Mr Olawale Fasanya, the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of SMEDAN, said this at the ongoing 1st edition of the Gambia-Nigeria trade fair in Banjul,...
The Director-General, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Mr Olawale Fasanya, has reiterated the need for small and medium scale businesses to tap into the export market. Fasanya made the expression at an export facilitation programme for 100 entrepreneurs in Enugu on Thursday. He said the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Leading technology company, MTN Nigeria Plc has announced a new data bundle specially designed for micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) who desire to access free business capacity-building content but cannot afford the data required to do so. Recognizing the benefits of knowledge and...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Vice-Presidential candidate of the PDP, says the state is working toward becoming Nigeria’s centre for Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSME). The governor stated this on Friday in Asaba at the graduation ceremony of the third cycle of the Women Empowerment Skill Acquisition...
An economist, Dr Muda Yusuf, has advised the Federal Government to leverage on economic opportunities provided by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to address unemployment in the country. Yusuf, who is the Chief Executive Officer, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) gave the advice at a workshop...
Mr Olufunwa Akinmade, Divisional Head, Retail, SME Banking and E-Business, Unity Bank Plc, has described the bank’s latest retail product ‘Yanga’ as a unique product aimed at empowering the underbanked women entrepreneurs in Nigeria. Akinmade, who stated this during a chat with the media on Friday, noted that a...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has expressed its readiness to collaborate with the Bayelsa State Government in accelerating telecommunications infrastructure deployment, digital literacy and skills in the State. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, reiterated this...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reassured the government and people of Borno State of President Muhammadu Buhari led administration’s continuous support in the development and security of the state. VP Osinbajo stated this Thursday while speaking at the Shehu of Borno palace when...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has said that beyond providing interest-free microcredit loans to petty traders, the various social intervention schemes of the Buhari administration have made a significant impact in the lives of millions of ordinary Nigerians. According to Osinbajo, the government in furtherance of its determination to...
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) says increase in employment in the country in 2020 is due to various Federal Government intervention programmes. The Director-General of SMEDAN, Dr Dikko Radda told newsmen in Abuja that there was consolidation in the Small and Medium Enterprises due...
Over 2 million jobs have been retained or created through the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) programmes, reports indicate. The reports were presented at the first meeting of the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) in 2022 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has partnered Google DigitalSkill, alongside MindtheGap, to train about 3,700 Nigerian youths on digital skills. According to a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by SEMDAN’s Information and Communications Department, said that the training...
Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation, says Public-Private Partnership (PPP) will grow Nigeria’s technology infrastructure. Afolabi said this while fielding questions from newsmen at a youth empowerment programme, tagged, “The Surge Entrepreneurship Summit”, on Saturday in Abuja. The theme of the summit is...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – To give expression to its faith in the value of strategic partnership and commitment to collaboration, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has partnered the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) to establish a SME Digital Academy. The SME Digital Academy is...