Nigeria: Banks Offering Access to Low Interest Funds
As part of measures to cushion the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank Nigeria, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, has disclosed that banks are currently offering customers access to low interest funds.
Loan Demand and Rationing Among Small-Scale Farmers in Nigeria
Digital Financial Services in Africa: Beyond the Kenyan Success Story
Mobile Financial Services: Accessing Levels of Interoperability
IFC Supports Nigeria’s FCMB to Finance SMEs Facing COVID-19 Related Challenges
IFC announced a $50 million loan to Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited to help it expand lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) so they can sustain business activities disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Microfinance Sector in Nigeria
Prime Lending Rates and Performance of Microfinance Banks in Nigeria
COVID-19 Gendered Impacts on Livelihoods in Africa: A new Sex Disaggregated Data Set for SSA
Members of FinMark Trust present the methodology behind their COVID-19 tracker and share initial insights on the impact of COVID-19 on women’s resilience and economic participation in selected sub-Saharan African countries.
United Nations Federal Credit Union Partners With Thunes for Mobile Money Transfers
The collaboration enables UNFCU members to transfer money to mobile wallets in select countries in local currencies.
Experts Harp on Restructuring of Loans to Benefit Women
Experts have called for the restructuring of loan facilities in Nigeria, to alleviate the adverse effects of some government policies on women.