It’s a known fact that, back in the days, there is always a big gap between the rural and urban inflation rate, but that is not the case in recent times. The rural areas have seen a very close gap in inflation rate between them and urban dwellers. This is[Read More…]
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Firstbank Deepens Financial Inclusion With Largest Agent Banking Network, Empowers SMES
At present, there are over 86,000 banking agents across 772 out of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, a demonstration of FirstBank’s commitment to deepening financial inclusion and ensuring the unbanked are adequately catered for. In an interview with BusinessDay, Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank’s CEO, noted that over N9.6 trillion[Read More…]
MTN Nigeria Expands Rural ConnectivityTo Deepen Market Share
In an attempt to deepen it’s market share, MTN Nigeria is extending telecommunications coverage to millions of Nigerians living in underserved and unserved communities nationwide through its rural telephony program. Today, over 20 million Nigerians live in areas with limited or no coverage, MTN aims to change this. Through the[Read More…]