Fidelity Bank, LBS drive EMP for competitiveness of export-focused businesses
For three years running, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank has continued its partnership with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and the Lagos Business School (LBS) to provide knowledge support to Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the federation. The…
AfCFTA: What products do Nigeria have comparative advantage now?
…Can NASS save the situation before Nigeria becomes dumping ground? Just as President Muhammadu Buhari has fallen to faceless pressure to sign the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTFA) on Sunday at the just concluded 12th Extraordinary Summit of the…
OPEXA losing confidence in FG’s export promotion over EEG payment failures
For more three years into the concluding administration of President Muhammadu Buhari’ first term, the government has been assuring the clearance of all arrears of budgetary allocations amounting to billions of naira meant for Export Expansion Grant (EEG) between 2015…
‘Kpomo’ delicacy frustrating opportunities in $60b global leather market—NEPC
The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Segun Awolowo, has expressed concerns at the low level of Nigerian players in the global leather market space. However, he observed that the Council is poised to change…
IT, e-Commerce resolving the challenge of market access for SMEs—NEPC
There are indications that the global challenge of market access for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is gradually being taken care of by continuous adoption of relevant technologies and inclusion of e-Commerce platforms. Explaining more during a workshop for SME…
NEPC equips Cocoa farmers with current standards, techniques, export packaging
To avoid losing about one trillion naira by 2020 to product/crop neglect, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), in collaboration with the Abia State Government, has concluded strategic training workshop for Cocoa farmers from Imo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River states…
North building world class agro economy capable of changing its narrative—BH Analysis
Clinical assessment of inflow in governments, foreign and indigenous investments in Nigeria in the last one year has shown that Northern Nigeria gained far more than other regions since the economic diversification regime of the present administration took off. The…
Fidelity Bank committed to supporting non-oil export, votes N30bn
The Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, has restated the resolve of his bank to grow non-oil export especially Nigerian made goods by way of providing ease to financial access. Speaking recently at a joint programme with…
NEPC’s Zero Oil Plan targets N30.5tn revenue from non-oil export, but…
Though the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) is targeting annual non-oil export revenue of $100bn (about N30.5tn, at N305 per dollar exchange rate) through the implementation of the Zero Oil Plan, there are fears of enabling…
How Innoson Motors brokered multibillion naira deal to flag off vehicle export
…Sells 400 vehicles to Mali, other countries on the line Fresh details have emerged on build up that lead to the successful sealing of 400 vehicle supply deal by Nigerian indigenous car manufacturing plant, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM) company receive…
