Peter Olowu, the Managing Partner of Wistraledge Consulting, talked about the challenges of SMEs in Nigerias and also the possible solutions to them. He spoke with Ikechi Nzeako. Excerpts: What is your assessment of SMEs in Nigeria? SMEs have played and continue to play significant roles in the growth, development and industrialization of many economies

The dominance of foreign banks in the business of capital importation and cross border transaction in the economy may have rekindled calls for strategic partnership with foreign lenders, INDEPENDENT interactions and investigations have shown. Capital Importation deals with inflows of cash (foreign currency Inflow) for investment as Equity or Loan, and also for importation of

The 20-year-old sealed his dream move to the Catalan side after the clubs reached an agreement, making him the second most expensive player in history Article continues below Barcelona have completed the signing of Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund in a deal potentially worth €147 million. According to Goal, the 20-year-old attacker was on his

By Joe Apu Nigeria’s D’ Tigress head coach, Sam Vincent has warmed his girls not to get carried away by their 58-54 victory over defending champions, Senegal as the task ahead is not over. The American coach who is on his second time out with the Nigerian team called on the girls to keep their

Chelsea will take on Atletico Madrid, Roma and Karabag in the group stages of the Champions League. Chelsea lost to Atletico in the 2014 Champions League semi-finals as the Madrid side went on to lose the final to crosstown rivals Real. The Blues had won two of their four meetings with the team from the

Defending champions Senegal, bowed to Nigeria’s pressure by 54-58 points in the Women Afrobasket championship, in their last Group B match of on Wednesday night in Bamako, Mali. Both teams and enthusiasts took the match as crucial due to the superlative performances of Nigeria’s D’Tigress since the beginning of the tournament and Senegal’s intimidating record

Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor will not be fighting for a major boxing title when they meet in the ring on Saturday, but that has not stopped the pair from creating their very own belt. Mayweather was a five-division world champion in his pomp but gave up his welterweight title after retiring in September 2015.

  Profit takers returned to the floor of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday as both indicators, the All Share Index and Market Capitalisation, went down by 1.30 per cent each. The All Share Index depreciated by 483.35 basis points or 1.30 per cent to close at 36,575.86 points from 37,059.21 points it closed trading

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Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has said he has no problems with Barcelona target Philippe Coutinho and is ready to welcome the Brazilian back into the squad after he recovers from illness and injury. Liverpool have rejected three bids from the Spanish side, including the latest last week which British media said came in at 125