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The Federal Government will this week commence the payment of N50,000 to each of the other beneficiaries of its Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP)Survival Fund under which 500,000 Nigerians are to benefit. This is in furtherance of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s support for small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic under its ESP Survival Fund’s Payroll support track and the one-off General MSME Grant. The Media Assistant to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, in a release...

April 15, 2021 × Will focus on encouraging the best ideas to digitise SMBs, drive tech-led innovation in agriculture and provide quality healthcare access using tech Amazon India on Thursday announced a $250-million Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund for start-ups and entrepreneurs. The announcement was made at the opening session of the second edition of its flagship event Smbhav. The Venture Fund will specifically focus on encouraging the best ideas to digitise SMBs, drive technology-led innovation...

James Emejo in Abuja Stakeholders in the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sub-sector have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for reappointing Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda as the Director General/Chief Executive of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) for a second term. Speaking to journalists in over the weekend, an Abuja based businessman, Alhaji Abubakar Toyin, on behalf of other stakeholders, expressed satisfaction over the commitment of the present ad...

ENGAGEMENT BY  Chidi Amuta Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is a man of subdued political symbolism and a compact admixture of values. It comes across mostly in his costume which is, in some ways, emblematic of his ambiguous adventure in the political arena. On an average day, he is most likely to show up in a darkish variant of a Nigerian traditional jumper and pant with a cap that hints somewhere between Obafemi Awolowo and Lateef Jakande but slanted more to the left of centre. That outfit is ...

Maharashtra: Pune Emerges First In Employment Creation And Investments In MSMEs Pune City (image-Pune City/Facebook) According to the economic survey of Maharashtra, Pune emerged as the most preferred destination for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) of the state in terms of both investments and employment generation. Of the 17.67 lakh Udyog Aadhar generated for the MSME units, 4.04 lakh are in Pune and of the 91.01 lakh jobs generated, 23.59 jobs were created in Pune. Of the Rs 2,38,54...

Share Bhopal: Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the provision of food, clothing and shelter, education, medicine and employment is the vision of urban development. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan was addressing the state level programme of Mission Nagarodaya. He distributed benefits under various beneficiary oriented schemes costing Rs. 3,112 crore 81 lakh and performed bhoomi-poojan and dedication of urban infrastructure. This programme was held in all 407 urban bodies of the...

James Emejo aggregates analysts’ perspectives on Nigeria’s recent exit from recession and concludes that more efforts are required by the fiscal and monetary authorities to strengthen recovery in subsequent quarters Perhaps, it was no music to the ears to many when the country’s economic managers projected last year that the country’s second consecutive economic recession which happened in the third quarter, would be short-lived. This is understandably so because the slow pr...

Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, on Thursday, said the sum of N100 million has been set aside to boost Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) development in the state.

Published March 1, 2021, 11:43 AM Boosting the local coconut industry and helping Filipino coconut farmers are the main goals of the Coco Levy Act. The Coconut Levy Act that President Duterte recently signed, and which seeks to create a trust fund for coconut farmers through the sale of assets procured through the coco levy fund, would benefit the country’s 3.5 million coconut farmers from 68 coconut producing provinces, who have owned no more than five hectares for the last 10 years, said S...

Press Release March 1, 2021 Coco Levy Act to benefit 3.5M Filipino farmers and spur the development of our coconut industry President Rodrigo Dutertes signing into law of a measure that seeks to create a trust fund for coconut farmers through the selling of assets procured through the coco levy fund would benefit the countrys 3.5 million coconut farmers from 68 coconut producing provinces owning not more than five hectares, for the last 10 years said Sen. Cynthia A. Villar "The coconut farmers ...