Business News

Operational Challenges and Opportunities for Family-Owned Businesses in a Post-Covid World

November 5, 2021/Edelman According to Asoko Insight’s FOB500 research, Nigerian family-owned businesses make up 36% of companies within the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS). These businesses have been vital to the socio-economic development of Nigeria and have been instrumental in the region’s back-to-business strategy amid the COVID-19 pandemic […]

Improved Business Conditions Support October PMI

November 4, 2021/CSL Research Continuing its spate of expansion for the sixteen month ending October 2021, the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) pegged at a three month high of 54.1 last month. The performance follows the 52.2 and 52.3 recorded in August and September respectively, and points to sustained recovery across […]

Boosting SMEs Growth through FirstSME Account

November 2, 2021/FirstBank of Nigeria First Bank of Nigeria Limited created FirstSME Account to add to its SME product family in support of small and medium scale business owners by sustaining and expanding their business. AMAKA IFEAKANDU looks at what the facility offers and how SMEs owners can key in […]