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NCDMB moves to expand access to $40m Women Fund
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has restated its commitment to dismantle funding barriers to women-led and women-owned businesses, strengthen their capacity and promote affirmative procurement opportunities in the petroleum industry. The NCDMB said it is exploring opportunities…
OPay crashes out of $304m New York IPO, treading the route of African firms
An undisclosed foreign regulatory inquiry has derailed OPay’s much-anticipated $304 million initial public offering (IPO) in New York, raising fresh concerns over the prospects of African-domiciled businesses seeking to access international capital markets. Oracle Intelligence reports that the Nigerian-focused fintech…
AfDB targets $4trn domestic capital to close Africa’s financing gap
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is engaging financiers on a strategy to mobilise about $4 trillion in untapped domestic capital across Africa to help fund the continent’s development needs, as the region grapples with an estimated $400 billion annual financing…
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NCDMB moves to expand access to $40m Women Fund
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has restated its commitment to dismantle funding barriers to women-led and women-owned businesses, strengthen their capacity and promote affirmative procurement opportunities in the petroleum industry. The NCDMB said it is exploring opportunities…
FG flaunts fiscal incentives, low-cost environment in 2026 licensing round
Federal government has pledged to provide investors in the upstream petroleum industry with generous fiscal and operating incentives, assuring them that access to the country’s upstream oil and gas assets has been made easier and more regular for willing players….
Chinese solar panels challenge generators for Nigeria’s 28,000 MW supply market
Sopuruchi Onwuka With millions of African households and businesses struggling with unreliable grid electricity and rising fuel costs, cheap Chinese solar panels are gaining ground as a potential alternative to petrol and diesel generators, opening a huge market for China’s…
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The ₦60bn Democracy! Why Osun State needs more than just e-results
By Ebuka Ukoh {In this is op-ed analysis, Ebuka Ukoh examines the astronomical cost of Nigerian election campaigns, arguing that the vast sums allegedly spent in political contests represent a profound opportunity cost, which diverts essential resources from national development…
2027: NUJ-NAN Press Week to examine politics, petroleum and Nigeria’s economic future
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Chapel, Lagos, is set to use its 2026 Press Week to examine the impact of politics on Nigeria’s oil and gas industry and the wider economy ahead of the…
Insecurity, fiscal chaos threaten Tinubu’s reform gains
Nigeria’s struggle to contain insecurity is emerging as a threat not only to President Bola Tinubu’s political survival ahead of the 2027 presidential election, but also to the economic rationale underpinning his administration’s painful reform programme. The central question increasingly…
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