Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Providing MSMEs affordable, accessible digital financial solutions can drive growth Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) are the lifeblood of Nigeria’s economy, contributing significantly to employment, innovation, and economic growth. Nigeria is home to over 36.9 million MSMEs, comprising 96.7% of all businesses in Nigeria. However, these businesses need relevant, affordable, and accessible digital financial solutions for them to reach their full potential and drive the country’s development. The time has come for Nigeria to recognize the transformative power of these solutions and the enormous impact they can have on the growth of MSMEs and the overall economy. A recent…

Burna Boy, Rema win inaugural Billboard Afrobeats awards Nigerian music stars Burna Boy and Rema made history at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards, as they became the first-ever winners of the Afrobeats awards. Burna Boy emerged victorious in the Top Afrobeats Artist category, beating out stiff competition from Wizkid, Tems, and Rema. Meanwhile, Rema’s Calm Down remix featuring Selena Gomez took home the prize for Top Afrobeats Song. Despite their wins, ‘Calm Down’ did not clinch victories in other nominated categories such as Top Radio Song and Top Billboard Global (Excl. US) song. The night’s top winner was…

Afrobeats came from the streets but streets can’t buy show tickets Burna Boy, a popular Afrobeats artist from Nigeria, is set to embark on a series of 18 concerts and tours from November 17, 2023 to March 11, 2024. The concerts will be held in various cities across the United States, Germany, Belgium, Canada, and the Bahamas. None of those concerts will be held in Nigeria or any city in Africa. Many of the fans who sang, danced, and cheered the artist to global fame would struggle to pay the dollar fees his management now demands from every category of…

Adron Homes Unveils ‘Lemon Friday’ To Create Stream of Opportunities for Customers As the global culture of Black Friday Sales draws nearer across the globe where several top brands slash their prices ridiculously low in a bid to give back to customers;  Real Estate top playing company; Adron Homes and Properties in its usual manner redefined its own to LEMON FRIDAY, which is also similar to the Black Friday but because of the uniqueness of Adron Homes Lemon colour, the company adopted Lemon Friday as a means of giving its existing customers and new customers an unimaginable slash on the…

FIRSTBANK REWARDS CUSTOMERS WITH 170,000,000 WORTH OF CASH PRIZES IN ITS WIN BIG PROMO FirstBank, Nigeria’s premier financial institution and leading financial inclusion services provider, has launched the Win Big promo to reward and delight its valued customers. The four-month promo, which started on 23 October 2023 and will run till 23 February 2024 will reward several new and existing customers of the Bank with a total cash reward of 170,000,000.00 naira. At the end of the four-month promo, 1,240 new and existing customers would have been rewarded with N100,000.00 each as each month will have 310 new and existing…

Nigeria’s Power Minister announces $2.2 billion Solar PV deal with Sun Africa Nigeria’s Power Minister has announced a $2.2 billion solar PV deal with Sun Africa. The Minister, Bayo Adelabu announced this on Sunday, November 19 via his official Twitter account. According to him, the deal was solidified on Friday, November 17, when the company committed to delivering 961 megawatts peak (MWp) of solar photovoltaic power generation infrastructure and 455 megawatt hours of battery energy storage systems. He wrote: • “On November 17, 2023, I had the honour of representing Mr President at the commissioning of the West African Power…

Meet the Nigerian Fashion Moguls championing ‘Made in Africa’ worldwide In a recent update to a 2019 report, Nigeria’s growing fashion industry has been appraised at approximately $4.7 billion, constituting 15% of the overall Sub-Saharan market value, estimated at $31 billion, according to data from Euromonitor. As the “textile, apparel, and footwear” sector experiences substantial growth, propelled by increasing demand and forward-thinking initiatives such as Lagos Fashion Week and GTCo Fashion Week, Lagos has emerged as a pivotal hub for the Nigerian Fashion Industry. In the first half of 2023, the sector played a significant role in the manufacturing…

Why I Hid My Mum’s Identity — Mayorkun Nigerian singer Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel, popularly known as Mayorkun, has revealed why he kept his mother’s identity hidden for four years. In an interview with media personality Taymesan published on YouTube Saturday, Mayorkun, the son of Nollywood veteran Toyin Adewale, stated that he hid her identity to curb the fake love her fame attracted. The ‘Mama’ crooner said, “Growing up, my brother and I did not like that our mom was a famous actress. We wanted freedom, but with her fame came fake attention and all. “I hated going somewhere and being…

We’ve Made Significant Progress In Fighting GBV And Discrimination With EU-UN Spotlight Initiative– Mrs Sanwo-Olu The First Lady of Lagos State, Dr Mrs Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu has acknowledged that with the support of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to end violence against women and girls, Lagos State had made significant progress in creating a society where every woman and girl in the state could live free from violence and discrimination. She said at the close-out and hand-over of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to end violence against women and girls to the Lagos State Government, that: “Through our combined efforts, we have made…

Actors Guild of Nigeria set Miami agog with AGN International Festival! The much anticipated AGN International Festival took place with pomp and pageantry at the Double Tree by Hilton Airport Convention centre 72nd road Miami, Florida. The event was attended by Nollywood big names, both from Nigeria and in diaspora. Among the Guild’s members in the US that attended the three day festival are, Joseph Benjamin, Daniel K. Daniel, Tamara Eteimo, Grace Charis Bassey, Nzube Onyia, Miltex Ene Ojiri, Femi Ogedegbe and many others. Leading the galaxy of stars from the home front from Nigeria to Miami are, Destiny Etiko,…