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Newly-elected President and Chairman of Council, National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN), Mr. Idorenyen Enang, has pledged to improve collaboration between the institute and marketing professionals in the nation’s academia, so as to further reposition and enhance the quality of marketing practitioners in the country. Enang made the call even as experts have suggested that there were huge opportunities for businesses which have suffered adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic to turn around their fortunes with the support of marketing practitioners. Speaking in Lagos weekend after...

DIT Nigeria hosts Virtual Sector Showcase UK investors prepare to explore Nigeria’s creative sector as DIT Nigeria hosts Virtual Sector Showcase. From: 27 May 2021 From 18-19 May, the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) hosted a series of webinars that presented an overview of Nigeria’s creative sector in partnership with: The British Council Association of Independent Music (AIM) Music Publishers Association (MPA) The event was supported by some of the leading names in Nigeria’s creative economy, including Obi Asika, Audu Maikori, Ade Bakare, Mai Atafo, Zulu Oyibo, Edi ...

By Onuwa Lucky Joseph The 2021 class of the annual WeForGood 100 Women ‘Creating a Better Africa’ was announced recently to sustained applause for those recognised. And as expected, some perennial heavyweights made the list who will make any list of accomplished women worldwide – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Amina Mohammed, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liya Kebede, and Mo Abudu being a few of such names. This year’s list was made against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic which has wreaked havoc as it streaked its way across countries of the world. Women, in their different capacities as health ...

• Fewer than 25 of over 300 textile companies in operation • Why Nigeria cannot export raw cotton despite boom • With consistent policies, Nigeria has huge potential, says Ogunlesi • WTO exposed Nigerians to cheaper textiles Despite years of intervention, Nigeria’s textile industry is a departure from the ideal, owing to challenges of huge appetite for importation, poor patronage, policy implementation and a broken value-chain. According to stakeholders, if only 10 per cent of the yearly import bill of $4 billion textile fabrics is re-invested into the textile industry, the country ...