By Blessing Odega The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has commenced a business incubation programme for artisans under its Skill-Up Artisans (SUPA) initiative to strengthen entrepreneurial skills and improve business management. The Director-General of ITF, Dr Afiz Ogun, made the disclosure in a statement signed by the fund’s Head of PressContinue Reading
By Funmilola Gboteku Business growth often stalls not because customers disappear or revenue dries up, but because leadership struggles to keep pace with the increasing demands of expansion, experts at Harde Business School have said. According to the school, many entrepreneurs and professionals reach a point where passion and hardContinue Reading
By Vivian Emoni The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has advocated sustainable government support for businesses and enhanced policies to improve ease of doing business for economic stability. The President of the ACCI, Chief Emeka Obegolu, made the call in his Eid-el-Fitr message by the chamber’s Media andContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe The Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN) has unveiled plans to intensify public awareness on restructuring and insolvency practices under CAMA 2020. BRIPAN’s Vice President, Mr Albert Folorunsho, disclosed this on Friday during a news briefing to outline details of its forthcoming annual conferenceContinue Reading
By Abbas Bamalli The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) and the Katsina State Government have engaged business leaders to access and accelerate business enabling reforms in the state. The business leaders and other stakeholders were engaged at the State Action on Business-enabling Reforms (SABER) Technical Session and Statewide Town-HallContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai President Bola Tinubu says the Nyesom Wike-led Federal Capital Territory Administration is opening the territory for businesses, housing and investment. Tinubu said this in Abuja on Tuesday, while inaugurating the right-hand service carriageway of the Inter Northern Expressway (INEX), from Ring Road III to Outer Northern Expressway,Continue Reading
By Zubairu Idris Prof. Nasir Hassan-Wagini of Biology Department, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU), Katsina, who produces and sells vegetables, has advised students and youths to key into small businesses rather than wait for white-collar jobs. Hassan-Wagini gave the advice on Monday in an interview with the News AgencyContinue Reading
By Joseph Edeh The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) says it will commence a nationwide sensitisation tour on June 23 to drive ease of doing business reforms in the country. Zahrah Mustapha-Audu, the Director-General of PEBEC, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. She said that theContinue Reading
The Business Council for Africa (BCA), in collaboration with BrandComms and African Business, has announced the shortlist for the third edition of the BCA Business Book of the Year Awards. The annual awards celebrate powerful business narratives that spotlight Africa’s socio-economic transformation. It honours visionary authors and publishers whose worksContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe The Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN) has partnered with the Federal High Court to streamline processes within the insolvency division and enhance the administration of business recovery in the country. BRIPAN President, Mr Chimezie Ihekweazu, disclosed this in a communiqué made available toContinue Reading
