Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Thursday, Dec 1st, 2016
1. The Nigerian Communications Commission has halted plans to increase tariffs on data services on all network followed by an uproar from data consumers. 2. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma has announced that President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2017 appropriation bill to the National Assembly next week; date and time […]
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Monday, Nov 14th 2016
1. Contributory Pension Scheme operators plan to register 250,000 contributors in the micro-pension scheme that is soon to commence. 2. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has announced that the Federal Government will refund not less than ₦20 billion to state governments refund not less than ₦20 billion to state governments for funds they […]
Smile, DHL, Diamond Bank and Others Win the 2016 Nigeria Customer Service Awards
The 2016 Nigerian Customer Service Awards and customer experience management conference supported by Bank of Industry (BOI) and AFP Furniture (Julius Berger) held during the 2016 International Customer Service Week at the Civic Centre, Lagos, Nigeria. Top brands were at the Civic Centre on October 5th, 2016 to witness the unveiling of the winners and […]
The Bank of Industry YES Programme is Now Open for Applications
The Youth Entrepreneurship Support Programme (YES-Programme) organised by the Bank of Industry is now open for young aspiring entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 to 35. In a bid to address youth unemployment in Nigeria, the BOI has developed the YES Programme where youths with viable ideas can stand a chance to be empowered. This […]
4 Awesome Things That Happened in 2015
The Golden Eaglets win the World Cup. On November 8, our U-17 National Soccer Team won the tournament for the fifth time in Santiago, Chile and became the second team ever to retain the trophy having won it in 1985, 1993, 2007 and 2013. CCHUB launches a N1 billion fund. In collaboration with the Omidyar […]
BoI Makes Investment Commitment of $6 Million in SMEs
Bank of Industry (BoI) released a statement on Monday stating that it had made an investment commitment of $6 million (N 1.2 billion) for SMEs in Nigeria through the $60 million Venture Capital Fund raised by Grow Africa Equity Partners Limited. The statement quoting Rasheed Olaoluwa, the BoI Managing Director, said, “Nigerian businesses cannot be […]
Bank of Industry Announces NollyFund for Nollywood
As part of its plan to support Nigeria’s creative industry, the Bank of Industry has announced a special product, “BOI NollyFund” which it said will make funds available to Nollywood movie producers to produce international quality films and screen them through various platforms of movie distribution available both in Nigeria and internationally. According to the […]
Bank of Industry MD Delivers Keynote Speech at Connect Nigeria Business Fair
Connect Nigeria’s Annual Business Fair has been known to attract captains of industry each year. This year’s edition, which saw a turnout of over 5000 participants on Saturday 21st February 2015 was no exception. It will be recalled that at the 2013 business fair which held on Saturday 26th October 2013, the keynote speech was […]
General Electric, Bank of Industry Pledge $500m Support for SMEs
General Electric and the Bank of Industry have agreed to a $500 million funding support for small and medium-sized enterprises in the area of infrastructure provision. In a joint statement made available to the media on Thursday, both companies said that the new arrangement would bring about the creation of affordable financing solutions for SMEs […]
N53 Bn Loan to Farmers in 2013 Fruitful – BoI
As part of its mandate to boost the agricultural sector in Nigeria, the Bank of Industry (BoI) has disbursed 53 billion naira as loans to the agribusiness value chain in 2012. Mr. Mohammed Dikwa, chairman of the shareholders committee of the Bank of Industry, made the disclosure during the bank’s annual general meeting held in […]
NYSC, Bank of Industry Sign MoU on Entrepreneurial Skills Development
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and Bank of Industry (BOI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on entrepreneurship development for corps members. The pact will see BoI train and empower corps members in various vocations and give them collateral-free loans as capital and expansion of business initiatives. BoI boss, Mrs. Evelyn Oputu who […]