BANKING SECTOR

Unity Bank Empowers Young Entrepreneurs With ₦16M Business Grant

Unity Bank Empowers Young Entrepreneurs With ₦16M Business Grant

Unity Bank Empowers Young Entrepreneurs With ₦16M Business Grant No fewer than 30 young entrepreneurs have been awarded a ₦16 million business grant by Unity Bank Plc during the latest edition of its flagship entrepreneurship development initiative, the Corpreneurship Challenge. The winners, budding entrepreneurs developing innovative solutions across various business value chains including fashion design, bag making, pastry making, event management, beauty, vegetable farming, and more, emerged tops after participating in a business pitch competition held recently for Batch A Stream 2 across 10 NYSC Orientation Camps in Cross River, Niger, Abuja, Nasarawa, Taraba, Kaduna, Plateau, Jigawa, Anambra, and Lagos…
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Ecobank Nigeria Selected for GET.Invest EDGE Finance Programme

Ecobank Nigeria Selected for GET.Invest EDGE Finance Programme

Ecobank Nigeria Selected for GET.Invest EDGE Finance Programme Ecobank Nigeria, an affiliate of the leading pan-African banking group Ecobank Group, has been selected as one of five Nigerian banks to participate in the prestigious GET.Invest Enabling Domestic Green Energy (EDGE) Finance Programme. The initiative, funded by European donors, aims to scale up green energy financing and investment across developing nations. At the official launch of the programme, held at Ecobank’s head office in Lagos, Lawrence Edeke, Country Coordinator for GET.Invest Nigeria, emphasised that the initiative is designed to build capacity within Nigeria’s financial sector to support renewable energy projects. “The…
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Access Holdings Tops in Asset Quality in Proshare’s 2025 Tier 1 Banking Rankings

Access Holdings Tops in Asset Quality in Proshare’s 2025 Tier 1 Banking Rankings

Access Holdings Tops in Asset Quality in Proshare’s 2025 Tier 1 Banking Rankings Access Holdings PLC has been ranked the Tier 1 bank with the best asset quality in Nigeria, having posted the lowest Non-Performing Loan Ratio (NPLR) at 2.76 percent, according to Proshare’s 2025 Tier 1 Banking Report released, recently. This marks a significant achievement for Access Holdings, reinforcing its leadership in credit discipline, risk management, and sustainable lending practices.The report, titled “The Class of 2025: Getting Bigger, Bolder, and Dominant”, ranks Access Holdings second overall in the Tier 1 category, placing just behind Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), which…
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