Kwara Earmarks N900m Interest-free Loans For 1,200 Young Entrepreneurs       Kwara State Government has rolled out plans to support young entrepreneurs in the state with huge interest-free loans. The Acting General Manager of Kwara State Social Investment Programme, Mohammed Brimah, who disclosed this in a statement, said...

COVID-19: Pantami Presents Jaiz Bank's N125M to Innovators, Entrepreneurs. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, yesterday in Abuja presented cheques amounting to N125M to four entrepreneurs and innovators who were adjudged winners of Jaiz Bank’s Covid-19 challenge competition. The challenge...

Ventures Platform, USNC Boost Capacity Fund For Entrepreneurs With $10m In a bid to boost the capacity of Africa’s entrepreneurs, Ventures Platform, in partnership with the United States Nigeria Council (USNC), have set-aside $10 million corporate leaders fund aimed at backing proven Nigerian entrepreneurs with...

Diamond Bank Empowers Entrepreneurs With N40million   Diamond Bank Plc says it has spent N40m on its empowerment programme, tagged ‘Building Entrepreneurs Today’. The Head, Corporate Communications, Diamond Bank, Chioma Afe, while speaking at the BET7 dinner and award ceremony in Lagos, said the bank committed the...

FG’ll Partner Entrepreneurs On Innovation Growth Says Osinbajo     Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the Federal Government would be in partnership with the private sector and technology entrepreneurs on how to increase the level of innovation coming into the country. He stated that the partnership...

Women applicants make 32 per cent of new 1,000 African entrepreneurs selected for the round two of the $100 million Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) for 2016. Fifteen countries out of 53 which participated in the competition had a higher female-to male ration in the...