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Growth & You: How Much of an Office Irritant Are You?

Most of us spend more time with our colleagues at work than with our own families. Simply put, a lot of our physical and psychological health status depends on our everyday interactions with people that we work with. This principle

Nigerian Digital Bank Lidya is Expanding into Eastern Europe

Nigerian fintech company, Lidya, has announced that it’s expanding into Eastern Europe, in a move that sees it establish a presence outside of its own country for the first time. The lending platform wants to plug the funding gap that

Fintechs in Nigeria: Nairabox

The Nairabox team prefers to talk about their product as a lifestyle tool.  As a platform, it lets its users settle their everyday needs, and pay for recurring and one-off events. It’s especially popular as a sales outlet for digital

Fintechs in Nigeria: Paystack

Paystack is one of the more well-known fintechs in Nigeria. They help companies build the platforms they need to collect and receive funds from a variety of local and global payment channels. It’s a big role for any startup to

Uber is Testing its Boat Taxi Service in Lagos

Ride-hailing giant Uber says it’s introducing its boat taxi service, UberBOAT to Nigeria. The service is being tested on the waterways of Lagos, the country’s commercial capital and busiest city. In a recent blog post on its website, Uber explained

Did You Know? Nigeria is Home to Over 200 Fintech Companies

Nigeria is home to anywhere between 210 and 250 fintech companies, according to the Enhancing Financial Inclusion and Access (EFInA) report on the country’s financial technology sector. This makes the country’s fintech industry one of the largest in Africa. The

Customer Service Week

Satisfying customers in public or private enterprises is not an easy task especially when the customer becomes complacent about services rendered. Staff most times go extra mile at their own personal expense to ensure customers derive maximum benefits for services

Fintechs in Nigeria: Interswitch

Interswitch is one of Nigeria’s oldest financial technology companies. For almost two decades, it has built and maintained payment channels for some of the country’s biggest corporations, and enabled individuals and small businesses make and receive payments electronically. The company

Fintechs in Nigeria: eTranzact

The first generation of fintech companies in Nigeria was birthed out of a need to make digital payments accessible in the wake of the country’s GSM revolution. One of them, eTranzact, jumped on the opportunity early on. Set up in

Business Growth Tips: Things to do When Your Business Runs Out of Money

How do you carry on when your business runs out of money? Whether you’re new to entrepreneurship or you’ve been in it for decades, you know how hard things can get when the cash flow dries up. You have to

Fintechs in Nigeria: Flutterwave

Flutterwave is a Nigerian fintech startup which helps process local and transnational payments across Africa. The company says it’s making it easier for businesses in Africa to receive payments from clients across the world- something that merchants on the continent

Nigerian Fintech Startup Flutterwave is Worth Over $150 Million

Silicon Valley based startup incubator, Y Combinator (YC), has listed Nigeria’s Flutterwave as the most valuable African startup to have come through its accelerator program. The incubator had Flutterwave on its list of companies by valuation for the month of

Business Growth Tip: 8 Ways to Find New Customers

What’s the best way to find new customers? It’s a big question for businesses, regardless of where they are on the growth scale. Without new people buying your products and services, your sales will probably not increase by much. Here

Union Bank Intervention Funds – CBN MSMEDF, AGSMEIS

Central Bank of Nigeria Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund In recognition of the significant role and contributions made by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to the economic growth and development of Nigeria, the Central Bank of Nigeria

Growth & You: Punctuality Is The Soul of Business

Have you ever visited a government civil service secretariat complex early on a working day? The first thing that will obviously hit you is the casual sauntering into offices by workers as late as 10 and 11 o’clock in the

Nigeria’s Banking Industry: Central Bank of Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is the institution legally charged with overseeing Nigeria’s banking sector. It controls the country’s monetary and fiscal policy, is in charge of the foreign currency reserves, and acts as banker and financial advisor to

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