The Sterling Bank/Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Online Program
Sterling Bank has collaborated with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to launch the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Online Program aimed at supporting women’s entrepreneurship. This global initiative provides women entrepreneurs with practical education, interactive activities, and instruction from top business schools, having reached over 200,000 women worldwide. Read more about Opportunities Developed by Goldman […]
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) Impact Investing Challenge 2024
Organized by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Impact Investing Challenge provides a unique platform for participants to directly engage with IFC professionals and present inventive solutions to the organization’s senior leadership. With over 150 teams from esteemed institutions worldwide having participated in previous editions, the challenge has tackled pressing topics like “Just and […]
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) She Wins Africa Program
The International Finance Corporation (a member of the World Bank Group) says it is now receiving applications from women entrepreneurs who want to take part in its ‘She Wins Africa’ program. Through this initiative, it intends to provide women who run businesses on the continent with the training, mentorship and networking opportunities they need […]
Take a Business Plan Course with the International Finance Corporation
The International Finance Corporation’s Business Plan Course is scheduled to hold in Lagos on FRIDAY 23RD & SATURDAY 24TH OF JUNE, 2017. This course has been designed to help businesses in different countries create an implementable plan, with which they can grow their businesses as well as secure bankable loans when required. ORGANISATIONS CAN ALSO […]
World Bank Initiates Solar Energy Programme for Industry in Nigeria
An intervention by the World Bank through a large scale power initiative could see the burden of high energy costs borne by businesses in Nigeria being somewhat lightened. The global financial institution has revealed that it plans to introduce a solar energy program to cater for the power needs of industrial establishments in the country. […]
IFC to Invest $1 Billion in Nigeria’s Power Sector
The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group that finances and provides advice for private sector ventures and projects in developing countries has said it would invest $1 billion in Nigeria’s power sector. The funds will be useful in accelerating the post-privatisation process of the power sector. IFC said it will share […]
We’ll Increase our Investment in Nigeria to $2 Billion by 2014, IFC Reveals
Solomon Adegbie-Quaynor, the Country Manager of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has revealed that the IFC plans a 25% boost in Nigeria investments to $2 billion by next year. He told Bloomberg that, “We are partnering with the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority and also looking at institutions to work with for activities in banks, power, gas, transport […]
Empowered & Entrepreneurial: Nigerian Women Receive Boost from New Business Network
Launched on 1st March 2013, Women Of West Africa In Entrepreneurship (WOWe) was created to meet the needs of Nigeria’s ‘missing middle’, young educated African women who are driven to start in business but face significant challenges in competing with their male counterparts. The Global Banking Alliance for Women says women entrepreneurs drive 20% more revenue […]
Fidelity Bank Adopts Equator Principles; Commits To Environmental Sustainability!
The Equator Principles are a credit risk management framework for determining, assessing and managing environmental and social risk in project finance. The Principles are adopted voluntarily by financial institutions and are applied where total project capital costs exceed US$10 million. By adopting the Equator Principles, Fidelity Bank commits to providing loans only to projects where […]