The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has revealed that it created a total of 90,160 jobs for unemployed youths in the first quarter of 2025. The agency also said it supported more than 116,000 entrepreneurs nationwide with vital resources, including training, access to finance and markets, and the distribution of work tools. It attributed the milestone …

The Nigerian Capital Development Fund (NCDF), in collaboration with the National Board for Technology Incubation and the London School of Social Enterprise and Sustainable Economics has officially announced the Call for Applications for the Fortune Entrepreneur Accelerator, Summit & Venture Capital Programme. This was contained in a statement by the Executive Director, Public Sector of NCDF, Chief Tajudeen Kareem. This …

A Technological Company, FunZ, has unveiled an N25m entrepreneurship contest for young Nigerians to put their thinking ability to a test with the ultimate target of solving problems to earn money through innovative means. The contest was also launched alongside an app specifically built for event ticketing. The ticketing platform creates a meeting platform for event organisers and fun-seekers/prospective event …

Further consolidating on its role as a driver of socio-economic empowerment and sustainable development in Nigeria, Dangote Cement Plc has trained and graduated 46 solar energy installers and entrepreneurs. The Plant Director of Dangote Cement Plc, Obajana, Azad Nawabuddin, said in a statement from the firm that the new graduates were ready to “shake up the nation” in the renewable …

The lawmaker representing Delta Central senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Ede Dafinone, has unveiled the various empowerment initiatives of the Bank of Industry (BoI) to small and medium-scale entrepreneurs in the constituency. The one-day sensitisation workshop hosted by Dafinone in collaboration with the BoI, at the Petroleum Training Institute Conference Centre in Effurun, on Monday, sought to educate …