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Lightbox Session for this week: Scaling and Expanding your Products in the Agricultural Sector
Did you join our last #Lightbox session? We got more coming.
Tomorrow, we are bringing on a successful agropreneur to discuss with us on Scaling and Expanding your Products in the Agricultural Sector.
Adeola Balogun is the Founder & Chief Operations Officer at Limlim Foods Production Company Ltd. She is a Chartered Accountant with a passion for driving innovation, change and post-harvest loss reduction in the Agric food processing value chain in Africa.
She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.
Adeola has over 20 years’ experience working in various capacities in 3 leading Financial institutions in Nigeria, in Unilever as well as in Cadbury as Head Commercial Finance and Head supply chain finance.
An Alumni of the African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperation(AWEC), Alumni of the Founders Institute. She-00 Award for outstanding achievements in business, Recognized by Business day as top 100 Fastest Growing SMEs in Nigeria.
We look forward to an explosive and interactive program next Thursday.
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Business
CBN interventions helped Nigeria “Prevent Severe Credit Crunch in the private sector” – World Bank
Monetary Policy initiatives and development by the Central Bank of Nigeria has helped prevent a severe credit crunch in the private sector, according to the World Bank. Read more…
Amaechi proposes stiff penalty for rail track vandals
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said anyone caught destroying railway assets in the country should be tried for manslaughter. Read more…
Billionaire Mackenzie Scott gives away £2bn more
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated another $2.7bn (£1.9bn) to a range of charities. Read more…
FG reopens first dose of Covid-19 vaccination as second dose stops on June 25
The Federal Government has announced the reopening of the administration of the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine across the country with effect from Tuesday. Read more…
Nigerian female farmers prefer poultry farming – World Bank
The latest World Bank Nigeria Development report has shown that gender wage difference is largely due to occupational sex segregation. Read more…
Hyundai launches new SUV in Nigeria
Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited has launched its all-new Creta vehicle in Nigeria with a redesigned SUV model. Read more…
NCC to commence review of existing telecoms licensing structure
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) revealed that it has started the process of reviewing the existing telecoms licensing structure in Nigeria, read more…
NUR raises concerns over Lagos-Ibadan railway fares
The Nigerian Union of Railway Workers has expressed concerns over the tariff being charged passengers using the Lagos-Ibadan railway. Read more…
Exchange rate falls at forex markets despite boost in dollar liquidity
The exchange rate between naira and the US dollar closed at N411.75/$1 at the official Investors and Exporters window. Read more…
Experts blame insecurity as Nigeria’s agric imports exceed exports by N503bn
The total value of agricultural import exceeded export by N503bn in the first three months of the year. Read more…
Limited employment poses security challenges in Nigeria – World Bank
The World Bank has disclosed that Nigeria’s poor employment market poses both economic and security threats to the nation. Read more…
Buhari inaugurates $10 billion NLNG train 7 contsruction, warns against delay
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, flagged off the construction of the $10 billion Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) train 7 project, asking for timely completion of the project. Read more…
Oil prices surge to highest since 2018 on huge inventory draw
Crude oil prices rose to the highest level since 2018 after a report from the American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday showed a substantial draw in US crude oil inventories of 8.537-million barrels for the week ending June 11. Read more…
CBN may start printing Gambia’s currency, says Emefiele
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has said that the bank is willing to assist the Central Bank of the Gambia to print its legal tender. Read more…
Another life-saving Covid treatment found
Exactly a year on from the discovery that a cheap steroid drug prevented Covid deaths, researchers say they have found another life-saving therapy. Read more…
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The song deserves all the appreciation it gets. Read more…
Wizkid to drop new single in 7 days
The Nigerian superstar is set to release a new single after the critically-acclaimed and commercially successful album, Made In Lagos. Read more…
Alleged child molester Baba Ijesha to be arraigned in court today
The disgraced actor faces life imprisonment if convicted for defilement of a child. Read more…
AGS Quote of the Day
“If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.”
Rabbi Harold Kushner