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African SMEs Set to Benefit from USD 74M Guarantee

March 2, 2018/African Guarantee Fund The African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (AGF) (www.AfricanGuaranteeFund.com) has today entered into a re- guarantee transaction of an amount of up to USD 74 million with GuarantCo (www.GuarantCo.com), to increase its guarantee capacity for SME financing. SME’s have a large and growing […]

Marketers need to prepare, Merge is inevitable-PHD

March 2, 2018/PHD PHD, a global communications planning and media buying firm, has launched its seventh publication, Merge, which dwells on how technology prepares marketers and advertisers for the future with regards to brands and audience engagement. Wayne Bishop, Managing Director, PHD Johannesburg, who unveiled the book titled “MERGE: The […]

Improving Nigeria’s Business Operating Environment to Enhance Economic Growth

Culled—Proshare March 2, 2018/FDC  In 2017, Nigeria jumped 24 places to 145th position on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking. While this points to some strategic successes, the country remains less at-tractive to investors than higher ranked African peers, such as Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa2. The […]