FROM GROWING BUSINESS TO SCALABLE ENTERPRISE: NIGERIAN ENTREPRENEURS ARE BEING URGED TO BUILD SYSTEMS, NOT JUST SALES Wednesday,
Nigeria’s entrepreneurship ecosystem is increasingly moving beyond the traditional question of how to start a business to a more important question: how can a growing business become a scalable, professionally managed enterprise? Recent developments in Nigeria’s business-support ecosystem suggest that the next phase of entrepreneurship will depend increasingly on business systems, management capacity, access to […]
NIGERIA’S BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM MOVES FROM IDEAS TO CAPITAL, SKILLS AND SCALE
Nigeria’s business and entrepreneurship ecosystem is showing increasing signs of a shift from simply encouraging people to start businesses toward building enterprises that can attract capital, develop strong capabilities, adopt technology and compete in larger markets. Recent developments across the startup, SME, investment and skills-development space point to an emerging ecosystem where finance, innovation and […]
NIGERIA’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM IS SHIFTING: FROM GRANTS TO GROWTH
Nigeria’s entrepreneurship landscape is entering an important new phase. Across government, finance, technology and private-sector support programmes, the conversation is gradually moving beyond simply giving entrepreneurs grants and toward building businesses that can survive, scale, create jobs and compete in wider markets. A major signal of this shift is coming from the Small and Medium […]
NIGERIA’S STARTUP ECOSYSTEM: 10 BUSINESSES SELECTED TO SCALE ACROSS THE REAL ECONOMY
Nigeria’s entrepreneurship ecosystem is showing renewed momentum as Cascador, a Nigeria-focused entrepreneur development platform, announces its 2026 cohort of 10 growth-stage companies selected from more than 1,000 applicants for its 12-week ScaleUp Programme. The selected businesses operate across sectors including cold-chain logistics, healthcare and other areas of the real economy, reflecting the growing diversity of […]
BUILDING A DIGITAL APPRENTICESHIP PLATFORM
Nigeria has millions of young people acquiring skills through informal apprenticeship, yet many apprenticeship arrangements still operate without proper documentation, structured training, progress tracking, certification or reliable connections between apprentices and qualified master trainers. This challenge can become an entrepreneurship opportunity. Imagine building a Digital Apprenticeship Management Platform that connects aspiring apprentices with verified businesses […]
Nigeria’s MSMEs Must Move From Survival to Scale
Nigeria’s entrepreneurship ecosystem is entering an important phase as policymakers increasingly focus on helping Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises move beyond survival towards sustainable growth. At the recent National Stakeholders Validation Workshop on the Review of the National Policy on MSMEs, the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) highlighted the need for […]
THE NEW AGE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP: AI IS REWRITING THE RULES OF BUSINES
Global Entrepreneurship Watch The world of entrepreneurship is entering a new phase, and this time the biggest disruption is not coming from traditional finance or large corporations. It is coming from artificial intelligence. Across the United States, Europe, Asia and emerging markets, entrepreneurs are increasingly using AI to build companies with smaller teams, lower operating […]
FG EMPOWERS 18,510 ARTISANS WITH STARTER PACKS
FROM SKILLS TO ENTERPRISE: FG EMPOWERS 18,510 ARTISANS WITH STARTER PACKS A New Conversation on Apprenticeship, Skills Development and Sustainable Entrepreneurship The Federal Government has commenced the distribution of starter packs to 18,510 Nigerians who completed the first batch of the Renewed Hope Vocational and Skills Training Programme, in a major intervention designed to help […]
SKILLS ARE BECOMING NIGERIA’S NEW ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE
Why the Future of Entrepreneurship Must Begin With Skills, Apprenticeship and Enterprise Development Nigeria’s economic development conversation is increasingly shifting from simply creating jobs to building the people capable of creating, managing and sustaining businesses. This shift is particularly important as government, development organizations and private-sector institutions intensify investment in technical and vocational education, employability, […]
SMEDAN Launches BRYNE Project to Support Over 100,000 Young Nigerian Entrepreneurs Annually
Nigeria’s entrepreneurship ecosystem has received a major boost with the launch of the Building Resilient Young Nigerian Entrepreneurs (BRYNE) Project by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN). Unveiled on August 14, 2026, as part of activities marking International Youth Day, the initiative is designed to provide entrepreneurship support to more […]