SMEs Update

Latest developments affecting SMEs in Nigeria and Africa.
Information on new regulations or government initiatives impacting SMEs

CascadorSME

Cascador, Sterling Bank launch $200m SME Credit Backstop Fund

Cascador, a Nigeria-focused growth-stage founder platform, and Sterling Bank have launched a $200 million SME Credit Backstop Fund designed to solve one of the most persistent structural problems in Nigerian…

Nigeria’s $364m startup funding now faces scale-up test

CIBN urges banks to turn stronger balance sheets into SME credit

SMEs

Microinsurance gains ground among Nigerian SMEs and households as inflation sustains financial pressure

SMEs

OPay deepens SME support as digital payments reshape Nigeria’s small business economy

Dangote refinery

Dangote refinery emerges as world’s largest jet fuel exporter, plans $10bn expansion

SMEs

Cooking gas prices surge as LPG supply crisis worsens across Nigeria

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