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INTRODUCTION Agriculture is a business, a wealth creating sector. It is estimated that Africa may spend close to $110 Billion importing food unless food production is prioritized. According to Statista, Nigeria has vast potentials for thriving agricultural business with an arable land area of 34 …

The data on fintech payment released by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (“NIBSS”) has revealed that payment transactions worth N33.2 trillion were performed electronically in August through the NIBSS Instant Payment platform (NIP). This brings the total value of e-payment deals in the last 8 months to N238.7 trillion! …

Introduction Digital lending is on a steady rise in Nigeria and has potentially risen to N1.7 trillion as at December 2021 following the adverse effect of Covid-19 pandemic, the rising interest rates, inflation and unemployment rates. However, the regulatory framework for digital lending in Nigeria …

Key Considerations in Setting up Finance & Fund Management Companies in Nigeria A market entry decision by entrepreneurs on the suitable corporate structure for their proposed business venture is not always an easy exercise especially in Nigeria where the regulatory framework for doing business is …

Micro-finance banks are fast growing credit companies in Nigeria with an edge of being deposit-taking institutions over and above the State-licensed money lending companies which are licensed only to lend money but not to process cash deposits from customers. According to the Nigerian Bureau of …

1. Introduction The licensing of a money lender company in Oyo State is one of the functions of the Ministry of Trade, Investment and Cooperatives (“Ministry”) of the Oyo State Government. The Ministry would issue a moneylender company a professional/business premises registration certificate, which serves …

The Nigeria’s consumer lending is currently valued at about N1.74 trillion, according to Euromonitor International, and it is expected to double by 2026. Naturally, Nigeria is a viable place to do business. As investors are expanding into the money lending business in Nigeria, they may …

Introduction A Micro Finance Bank (“MFB”) is a subsector company in the financial industry licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (“CBN”) to carry on the business of providing financial services such as savings and deposits, loans, domestic funds transfer and non-financial services to individuals …

1. What is a Finance Company? Finance companies are companies licensed as sub-sector or middle tier players in the financial system to complement the roles of banks and meet the needs of micro, small and medium enterprises. A Finance Company Business means the business of …