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Post by Trade facilitator on Aug 1, 2021 12:59:22 GMT 1
AfCFTA: Nigeria, Cameroon Border Bridge Will Facilitate Int’l Trade After Completion – FasholaThe Federal Government of Nigeria has stated that the border bridge at Mfum community between Nigeria and Cameroon and the Ikom bridge will facilitate international trade between the two countries when inaugurated. Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN made the disclosure during the inspection of the two-lane bridge over the Cross River at the Cameroon and the Nigerian new Border at Ekok/Mfum and the new Ikom Bridge in Cross River State. Fashola said: “This is the A-4 Axis coming from Calabar to Maiduguri through Ogoja to Katsina-Ala. So you will expect more volume of trade. And it is no accident that Cross River State bears its name. It is actually the River that named the state. That River opens to the sea and the Gulf of Guinea. And so high impact on international trade is expected. “We have had very strong relationship with Cameroon in terms of trade and business and if you go to Aba, Enugu, Abakaliki, for example, this is the route that facilitates trade, agro produce, merchandise, manufactured goods from Aba in Abia State.” The Minister explained that the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration’s strategy of planning and execution of infrastructure projects was yielding results through successful completion. “This is a very strategic infrastructure to take Nigeria to the future for many more decades to facilitate relationship between brothers and sisters in Cameroun and Nigeria and to strengthen the bond of relationship in a joint development with the Republic of Cameroun and Nigeria.” Fashola said, adding that ‘’We are now entering the season of completion of infrastructure projects”, he said. The Minister while speaking with journalists after inspecting both the Nigeria /Cameron Joint Border Bridge at Mfom /Ekot and the New Ikom Bridge at Ikom in Cross River State noted that these bridges would increase the prosperity of the people, facilitate hundreds of jobs, movement of agro produce and manufactured goods, joint border patrol that would lead to security efficiency and position both nations to take the benefit of the free trade zone agreement. Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade who was represented by the State Commissioner for Works, Engr. Dane Osimasu at the sites of the inspection said that the Minister is a conceptualiser, implementor and committed to road development in the state. He assured the Honourable Minister that counterpart funding from the state would always be provided where it is necessary in infrastructure development projects. The Director Highway Bridges and Design, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Engr. Emmanuel Adeoye said during the inspection of the Ikom bridge that the project was awarded in October 2018 and it is due to finish by November, 7 2021. Engr. Adeoye said: “The rate at which the contractor is working, by the end of October it should be finished. Right now as we speak, the job is 92% completed, with the time lapse of 68%. We are moving faster than the scheduled time, so by end of October we should be done with the bridge.” The Executive Chairman of Etung Local Government Council Cross River State, Hon. Nkom Etuk praised the Ministry of Works and Housing for the remarkable job done on the bridges. The Ajassor Community Representative, Hon. Victor Njor said that the border bridge will enhanced joint border patrol linking Cameroon and Nigeria within their community and the people shall come out en mass when the bridge will be inaugurated soon. The border bridge between Nigeria and Cameroon is funded by the African Development Bank while the Ikom bridge is through the Sukuk bond. Source: www.journalngonline.com/2021/07/28/afcfta-nigeria-cameroon-border-bridge-will-facilitate-intl-trade-after-completion-fashola/
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Post by Trade facilitator on Aug 1, 2021 3:00:22 GMT 1
Kafilat Adedeji is a mushroom farmer who is passionate about cultivating marketing and proffering solutions with use of technology. She has attended training and fellowships like the Carrington Youth Initiative Fellowship and the German Institute of Business and technology. In this interview with Yetunde Oladeinde, she talks about her experience, passion for farming and more. How would you describe your experience in the sector?My experience has been a very interesting and challenging one. Imagine a female entrepreneur thriving in the Nigeria business environment especially in the Agriculture sector that is well dominated by men. I have had to survive the environment with a lot of resilience and a never giving up attitude. Combating one challenge to face another challenge and now at a point where that thing called resilience is now a part of my DNA having realised the entrepreneurship journey is all about creating solutions and solving challenges. Each day in the journey comes with its own unique learning process and fulfillment. So, now I enjoy every bit of what it presents while striving to become a better version every day. What attracted you to Mushrooms?
I got attracted to mushrooms because of the facts that it is very unique. Mushroom is neither plant nor animal! Requires some technicalities so barriers to entry are relatively higher. I had always wanted to build a sustainable business birthed from my academics professionalism as well as build a niche for myself. I hate unhealthy competition. Secondly, it requires comparatively low capital and more importantly low space to set up profitably. I got attracted more due to the fact that I can start a farm from the comfort of my room without having to go through the rigours of tiling the land which I was used to (from my experience being born into a farming family and my many years of agricultural study and experience working for other farms). Also, seeing mushrooms grow is more like fun and interesting. It has much potential to save the planet earth especially in this era of climate change effect impacting all spheres of life. Having got the opportunity to work after my NYSC in an integrated mushroom farm – the largest supplier of mushrooms to ShopRite, Lagos, Nigeria as of 2014, I discovered the potential of Mushrooms then. So, I had to develop a novel method of using the spent of mushroom substrates to combat the diseases of tomatoes in which my boss has spent a lot of money and efforts on to save his investment. I left the farm to develop my Masters Research in the University of Ibadan based on this challenge. Concluding my Masters research was a very great turning point to helping me start my own business based on my expertise in the mushroom production industry. What are the opportunities and challenges?
The opportunities are many. It is a unique business with a lot of value chains you can key into and quickly build a niche around and grow steadily with the right information and adopting the right technology. It also requires relatively low startup capital compared to other agribusiness. It actually requires little or no farm land as you can easily grow profitably indoors. A standard room can grow up to 1.5tonnes of mushrooms on a yearly basis with the installation and adoption of the right technologies and gadgets. Barriers to entry are higher in Nigeria so you can be more focused on building your business than focusing on competition. One other advantage is that the industry is very open to innovation, so you can easily develop innovative products from the mushroom production value and become the first to launch and determine what happens in the market or be in control of the market for the products. There are challenges and this includes the fact that it is highly labour intensive so you will have to deal with and manage a lot of unskilled workers. It requires one to be highly innovative and always willing to upgrade oneself. You will also need highly sophisticated equipment to get high profit margins as well as a lot of marketing efforts to locals except you are only targeting the export market. In which case, you would require a lot of influence and certifications which can take years and a lot of money in business to acquire. High technical knowhow requirement is also critical. What advice do you have for people who want to go into the sector?
They must acquire the right training first. Then study the different opportunities in the value chain and identify your strengths and weaknesses in relation to this. This will help you know the exact value chain you want to key into or begin with. It is also important to research your market – this is the most important aspect, whatever niche you want to stay or area of the business you want to begin with must be backed with enough market data justification. How did COVID-19 affect you?
The impact of COVID-19 was very much. Personally, it didn’t make us go to the farm. Even if you get your labourers to work for you, you have to be there to monitor it. The problem with unskilled labourers is that they cannot work on their own. So not being on the site to oversee them was a major challenge. The week we erected my container incubator on the farm was the same week that COVID-19 started with restrictions of not going out at all. All the labourers who came to do the work could not finish and we had to stop them. That eventually messed up the project and we wasted funds for that. We didn’t even know it would go on for months and even a year to get back to normal. We are recovering gradually. Mushroom production is usually done in a room structure, an enclosed setting and there was no way they could sit together, work and observe COVID protocols. The only thing I could do then was to do more of our paper works, seek for opportunities, grants and put technology in place to reduce workers as well as rotate the work on contract basis. What are some of the other things that occupy your time?I am multi- faceted. I am presently a PhD student at the University of Ibadan, doing paper work and gradually getting ready for field work. I work on how to reduce the disease in tomatoes. I also work on how to develop a smart tool to detect pathogens that affect crops on the field without going to the laboratory. I also do Program coding. So, I try to adopt and inculcate technology into my work. I upgrade my knowledge in these things because I am still learning. I also have another initiative where we teach students how to use Science and technology and adopt them for real life skills. Then my family is very important too. What was the driving force at the beginning?
Basically, passion was the drive for me. I remembered when I got married the gifts I requested from my husband was a Ted farm. I am sharing this this just to know how passionate I am about farming. That is what I have been used to, what I studied for my first degree and I was born into a farming family. This is what my grandma, grandpa, mum and dad did. We have a family farm and personally I am passionate about it. I went to study Agronomy and I graduated with a first class. All my job experience has been on the farm for Internship, Service year. Even my first job as Assistant farm manager, all my consultancy job was in the farming space. My next passion was to get a farm of my own. I had been helping others to set up theirs. I am very resilient, consistent and passionate about it. I didn’t give up and whatever comes my way I invested all. So, I would say passion is more of my driving force. Later when I had challenges, I began to rethink the process. I began to see farming as a business and it was more than passion. So, I kept telling people you need more than passion to succeed. I started acquiring business training, using technology and attended a lot of business incubation trainings. I am also naturally a technology freak, I love anything tech. One challenge was that I had to relocate to Lagos because of marriage. So, I had to start all over again. I couldn’t bring my farmland to Lagos. It was a rented apartment and couldn’t get space. I thought the best thing to do was to acquire my own land, rather than thinking of renting an apartment close to me. I opted for buy, put structures in place which I thought was more sustainable. However I had problems battling with omo-onile( land grabbers). You are a microbiologist, how this influenced what you do?
Yes, that actually helped my transitioning was during my Master’s. I was more of an Agronomists. I graduated with a first class and afterwards I have been practicing on farms. I had to transit into Microbiology specifically plant pathology, the microbiology option, a function of fungi. I had to transition into this during my first work experience as Assistant Farm Manager of an integrated farm. They deal in Mushrooms and every other exotic vegetables, herbs and livestock. That was where I got hands on experience on Mushrooms. I had to oversee the production process, selling, packaging and supply. We were one of the largest suppliers of Shoprite then. It was a fully integrated farm; they had Greenhouse farms for tomatoes and others. We had a problem on the farm and I love to fix problems. We went through a lot of process but the plant still came up with this disease. So, I got challenged, we consulted different experts from different industries, universities to recommend solutions but none of them brought solutions. We even tried chemicals despite the fact that the farm is an organic farm modeled after Songhai farms in Benin Republic. The chemicals didn’t work too. So, I took this as a challenge and I started seeing different options. One day I saw how we can use Mushroom compose to cure the disease of the plants. After producing the Mushrooms, the waste is no longer useful to us and I started working on how to manage the waste for the tomatoes disease. So, I developed my Master’s research to study this. I also had to spend 6 months extra to learn the art of Microbiologist because I didn’t have the background of how to culture organism, look for microbes and how to get beneficial microbes. Source: thenationonlineng.net/kafilat-adedeji-my-life-as-a-mushroom-farmer/
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Post by Trade facilitator on Jul 30, 2021 10:29:40 GMT 1
The Lagos State government has empowered about 3,000 agripreneurs with agricultural productive assets and inputs under the 2021 Agricultural Value Chains Enterprise Activation Programme. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the kick off of distribution yesterday, described the intervention as a demonstration of his administration’s commitment to the development, expansion and growth of agriculture in Lagos State. According to him, providing tools, deploying innovation and creativity would make it easier for farmers to grow high quality crops thereby raising their inputs to feed Lagosians and Nigerians in general. The Governor urged beneficiaries to nurture their businesses to maturity and build sustainable wealth since the government was putting in place interventions to help them. He said: “These beneficiaries will be receiving tractors, ploughs, fishing boats and gear; harvesters, threshers, destoning machines, de-feathering machines, medication, herbicides, fish juveniles, pig growers, smoking kilns, eggs, and other implements and inputs. “These are to be utilised in farming communities across the agricultural zones of Badagry, Epe and Ikorodu. “The goal is simple – we want to make life easier for our farmers and agriculture workers. We want to make it easier for them to clear their land, grow high-quality crops, raise healthy animals, and process their output. “When they are able to do this successfully, everyone benefits, from producers to consumers. There are clear benefits in terms of health, productivity, employment, and so on. “I am pleased to note that the government has put in place a strategy for the proper utilisation and continuous maintenance of these assets, to ensure that we derive maximum value from them. “We are also working with a financial institution regarding appropriate financing structures for the guaranteed sustainability of the programme. “I must say that despite our numerous strides and good intentions, government alone cannot bring about the desired development in the agricultural sector. ” I urge the private sector to take advantage of the huge potentials in Lagos State Agricultural sector which currently boasts of an estimated annual transactional value of five trillion naira.” Commissioner for Agriculture Ms. Abisola Olusanya said 13,976 persons have benefitted since the programme started in 2014. She explained that it was the government’s desire to help committed farmers nurture their business into viable and mature agricultural enterprises through a deliberate monitoring and control mechanism. According to Olusanya, team accountability has been put in place to ensure the proper utilisation of assets which has resulted in the collaboration with Ecobank for the fisheries value chain, and the MSME Accountant Initiative of the Ministry of Finance for the Lagos Agripreneurship Programme (LAP) and Agricultural Youth Empowerment Scheme (Agric-YES) beneficiaries. She said: “These strategies are in addition to the window of opportunities that will be created for youth engagement as articulated in the Lagos State Agricultural and Food Systems Roadmap in the next five years. “In the long run, it is envisaged that these efforts, and many others in the agriculture ecosystem, will enable the state transit from being a food consumer to a major food producer, especially in fisheries, piggery, poultry production and coconut value chains where it has a strong comparative and competitive advantage.” Source: thenationonlineng.net/lagos-empowers-3000-farmers-with-agricultural-inputs/
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Post by Trade facilitator on Jul 27, 2021 22:00:25 GMT 1
Ogun, Lagos top list of $1.69bn investment destinations in Nigeria in Q2 ― NIPCFollowing the investment announcement of over $1.69 billion into Nigeria in the second quarter (Q2) of 2021, Ogun and Lagos State have come top on the list of investment destination in the country. According to the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) report for investment announcement for Q2 of 2021, investment into Ogun state stands at $500 million representing 30 per cent of the total announcement while Lagos State has an investment of about $441.3 million representing 26 per cent of the total announcement. Others are Nasarawa state with an investment of $300 million representing 18 per cent of the announcement, Rivers State also has an investment of $300 million representing another 18 per cent of the announcement. Kano, Adamawa, Ekiti and Kogi states altogether represent 1 per cent of the investment announcement in Q2, 2021. The announcement covers 14 projects in Manufacturing, Electricity, Information and Communications and Real estate. Based on the NIPC report, the investment announcement in Q2 of 2021 is about 80 per cent lower than the investment announcement in Q1 of the same year. In Q1 of 2021, the total investment announcement was about $10.11 billion with projects in four sectors of Manufacturing, Construction, Electricity and Information and Communications. Source: tribuneonlineng.com/ogun-lagos-top-list-of-1-69bn-investment-destinations-in-nigeria-in-q2-―-nipc/
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Post by Trade facilitator on Jul 23, 2021 16:47:53 GMT 1
How To Deal With Errors That Cause Early Death To Small Businesses (Part 2)In this article we are going to conclude our series on how to deal with errors that cause early death to small businesses. In the first article we were able to list and deliberate on some of them like: 1. Starting a business for the wrong reasons or with a wrong motive: A lot of people start businesses for the wrong reason or motive, for example; taking the bandwagon system. Starting a business because others started; do you know that some people start businesses out of frustration? Just because they are frustrated, they think that starting a business will solve all their problems. No! It may even worsen it. 2. There is no market for your product or service or that the market is too small to guarantee the survival of the business: Yes, it is true; some people start a business without finding out if the product or service they want to sell has a ready market or if the market is large enough to accommodate the new product. 3. Insufficient working capitalYou must have seen businesses close down due to the inability of the promoters to raise enough working capital to continue the business. If you start a business based on the promise from someone, it may fail. 4. The location is an important factor for brick and mortar businessIf you intend dealing in brick and mortar business that requires you having a shop for people to visit, be sure that the location is where people can easily find you in order to do business with you. 5. Lack of business planNever start any business without a proper business plan, it is the plan that will show you the direction to follow; imagine an airplane without compass or accurate navigation equipment. Our company trains people who are interested in starting their own import and export businesses, and also those who want to improve their existing businesses. Call or email the Admin and you will be glad you did.
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Post by Trade facilitator on Jul 23, 2021 16:08:19 GMT 1
Dangote Can’t Get Enough Fresh Tomatoes to Run Plant Profitably: Reason For Understanding Tomato Farming In Nigeria We just wrote an article on how to start lucrative tomato farming in Nigeria recently, and it has been trending that The Dangote tomato plant owned by Sani Dangote, the immediate younger brother of the richest man in Africa could not get enough fresh tomatoes to operate his factory to profitable capacity. How do we explain that Africa’s biggest tomato processing plant is barely managing to operate profitably; six years after the factory began production it can’t still get adequate fresh tomatoes to crush in order to remain profitably in operation? The plant has a capacity of about 1,200 metric tonnes of tomato per day; but it is producing at 20% of capacity because farmers don’t have enough resources to boost production of the scarce commodity The factory was meant to reverse Nigeria’s dependence on imports of tomato paste from China and increase local production. This action was to not only increase production of the product locally but to provide massive employment opportunities to the community. The major essence of the Dangote plant was to help Africa’s most populous nation cut 300,000 tons of tomato-paste imports from China. But the country is still having an estimated 900,000 tons of tomatoes lost locally every year due to a lack of storage and processing facilities. While tomato farming employs an estimated 200,000 people, banks balk at lending to farmers despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s focus on boosting local production. Such long-term policy missteps, entrenched corruption and ethnic tensions are discouraging investments needed to add jobs in a nation suffering from one of the world’s highest unemployment rates. About 10,000 tomato growers were to benefit from the Federal Government under the Anchor Borrowers’ programme one year ago, but what became of it is not clear as at today. How do we key into the current situation as current farmers of tomato or intending farmers?
Let us go into the real farming of tomato while continuing with our part 2 of the article series. Does it not surprise you, the farmers are there, the factory is there, and above all the market is also there to absorb all your finished products, but the commodities are not there for the factory to use. How To Grow TomatoesTomato farming in Nigeria is not as difficult as people make it to sound, this business can be done by anybody who is interested in doing it. You can actually plant tomato in your compound or in a large farmland if you want to go into commercial production. Interestingly you can grow tomato all through the year, especially in areas where irrigation project has been installed and maintained. But if you are living in areas of the country where there is no irrigation, then you can cultivate your tomato farm during the rainy season. Pick The Tomato Specie To Use
The specie you should use must be the improved specie which of course is the best choice for many experienced or knowledgeable farmers. The Roma tomato variety is the best specie to be used; it will give you the best result at harvest. It is also known as Italian tomatoes. This tomato specie has a long shelf life, hard back, and low water content; this enables it to last long after harvest. The seeds can be found in agricultural shops in town, if you do not know of any of the shops, ask around and you will be shown. The advantage of this specie is that you can use it for both canning and producing tomato paste. Tomato paste is gulping a lot of foreign exchange from Nigeria. Tips For Growing Roma Tomato
Just like we said earlier, roma tomato is a paste tomato; paste tomatoes generally have thicker fruit walls, fewer seeds and denser flesh. They tend to be oblong in shape, firm and heavy for their size. Like other tomato species, roma tomato plants need plenty of water, soil rich in organic materials. They need to be staked off the ground in order to get the best fruit production. You have to prepare the soil for making your tomato bed by adding compost or slow-release fertilizer. After planting your roma tomato, water them at least once a week. Immediately the plants are up to 15-30 cm high, start staking the roma tomatoes up off the ground. Roma tomato plants can withstand a lot of diseases that destroy other tomato plants easily. Once the roma tomato is red all through from bottom to the top, you can start picking your tomatoes. To solve the scarcity of tomatoes in Nigeria currently, roma tomatoes are the best to start cultivating. Stay with us as we will be bringing more information about tomatoes to our members. Don’t forget that we are the best in export training, get in touch with our Admin for more details on our various training programmes.
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Post by Trade facilitator on Jul 22, 2021 19:16:44 GMT 1
How To Start A Lucrative Tomato Farming Business In Nigeria Part-1
Tomato is a very popular vegetable in Nigeria, Africa and the world over. It is used in cooking all sorts of soups and stews. Incidentally, tomato farming is very simple and requires no special skills to carryout.
In the time past, you hardly pass any compound without seeing tomatoes planted all over the compound. No one knows what caused the discontinuance of that practice.
Tomato has a Huge Market in Nigeria
Tomatoes are in high demand in Nigeria, the demand far outstrips the supply, hence the frequent occurrence of scarcity. Whenever there is any little disruption, the tomato business chain breaks up causing scarcity.
Tomato paste market in Nigeria is a huge market too, the country is ranked 14th in the world, and 2nd in Africa after Egypt in tomato production.
Nigeria is a major force to be reckoned with in West Africa when it comes to tomato production as it produces over 65% of the total tomato produced in West Africa.
Tomato Paste Production and Importation
Nigeria imports about 150, 000 metric tons of tomato paste annually; this confirms the level of tomato consumption in Nigeria. Statistics show that Nigeria is the 13th largest importer of tomato paste in the world and 3rd in Africa.
Demand for fresh tomato in Nigeria is ever increasing
The current demand for fresh tomato in Nigeria is in the region of 3 million metric tonnes annually, while the present production stands at 2.3 metric tonnes annually.
What is the problem?
About 40-50% of tomatoes produced in Nigeria do not get to the market or where they are needed, the reasons are numerous; the post-harvest losses during the tomato peak production period are the worst.
The country has no proper preservation process for fresh tomatoes produced in the country.
Statistics show that the value of lost tomatoes in Nigeria due to post harvest losses is estimated to be about $15 billion annually.
How do we solve the problem of shortfall of tomato in Nigeria?
Nobody can deny the fact that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari has invested heavily into diversifying the economy from being mono-culturally dependent on oil.
This belief has necessitated huge investments made in Agriculture through several schemes such as the Anchor Borrowers’ programme which has affected the lives of many farmers and the national economy as well.
To solve the problem of shortage of tomato, the CBN, as part of its efforts in encouraging local production of the commodity, has placed tomato and tomato paste imports on foreign exchange restriction list.
Recall that Dangote Industries has also invested the sum of $3 billion in tomato processing plant established in Kano state; still the country’s tomato production capacity remains low.
The Country has one of the highest favorable weather conditions for tomato production, but poor tomato nursery and heavy post-harvest losses have been the major constraints.
Tomato Nursery:
Tomato nursery is a very important component of producing high quality seedling which forms the base for sustainable tomato production.
If you did not know, tomato seedlings are usually raised in nurseries before being transplanted to the farm fields.
Tomato nursery business is an expensive venture for many of Nigeria’s tomato farmers as most of them are smallholder farmers that have little or no money; this normally will force them to source the seedlings from neighboring countries.
One of the greatest problems I have seen in the poor management of post-harvest losses of fresh tomato in Nigeria is the loss caused by poor transportation of the commodity from the Northern part of the country where the commodity is mainly grown to the south where it is majorly consumed.
More than 40% of the commodity is lost on the way due to extremely bad transportation infrastructure and inadequate storage facilities when it even gets to the final destination.
Look at the situation where a paint bucket full of tomato is sold in Lagos Mile 12 market for N200 during the peak supply period, and most of the products are thrown away due to spoilage, while the same quantity is sold for N1, 000 during off season due to scarcity.
If there had been proper preservation methods, the paint bucket could probably be sold for an average of N400 throughout the period without the farmers or sellers losing much.
We of this forum believe that if the government can invest in reliable transport system like the long touted Agricultural products efficient transportation system.
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System of Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has advocated for the Secured Agricultural Commodity Transport & Storage Corridor (SATS-C) to become operational.
The SATS-C is a model that delivers a seamless supply-chain mechanism for handling agro-allied commodities such as inputs, raw materials, processors, and exporters.
When this transport system becomes operational most of these transport problems will be eliminated.
Stay with us as we will delve in the proper farming of tomato in Nigeria in the part 2 of the article.
If you are in need of training on Agricultural and export business, contact the admin of the forum as we are the best agro-export training institution in Nigeria.
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Post by Trade facilitator on Jul 22, 2021 12:47:47 GMT 1
Nigeria: African Development Bank (AfDB) Bolsters Women-Empowered Businesses With $50 million Loan To FCMB
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of $50 million to Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to channel to local enterprises and women-empowered businesses in the agribusiness, manufacturing, healthcare and renewable energy sectors.
These women-empowered businesses must be in the following sectors:
Agricultural businesses
Manufacturing
Healthcare, and
Renewable energy
Thirty percent (30%) of the funds, which are intended to mitigate effects of the challenging Covid-19 environment, are earmarked for underserved women-empowered businesses.
Which are the underserved women-empowered businesses?
There are a lot of businesses that women participate in Nigeria but getting adequate finance to run such businesses successfully is a big problem in most parts of the country. I hope that the bank in charge of the management of this fund (FCMB) will do all it takes to get to the women that really need this loan.
In addition, the Bank will provide a technical assistance grant of $200,000 through its Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative supported by the Women Entrepreneurship Finance Initiative. The grant will complement the loan by enabling First City Monument Bank to provide non-financial services, including training, and to strengthen its monitoring and reporting functions.
Another beauty coming with loan is the grant of $200,000 for technical assistance that will enable First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to provide technical assistance in the area non-financial services; such as training and strengthening its monitoring and reporting functions.
“The African Development Bank is pleased to support FCMB’s strategy to become a dominant player in addressing the funding needs of women-empowered and local enterprises,” said Stefan Nalletamby, the African Development Bank’s Director of Financial Sector Development. “This project will extend valuable resources to critical but underserved segments during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, with its adverse macroeconomic impacts.”
Small- and medium-sized firms account for up to 80% of employment in most African countries and women-empowered businesses typically face a considerable financing gap. The Nigerian economy has been hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, and falling crude oil prices have had a ripple effect on the wider economy.
FCMB is a Nigerian commercial bank with around 5 million customers. It had total assets of around $5 billion as at the end of 2020.
The project aligns with the objectives of AFAWA, which aims to improve gender inclusivity by improving access to finance for women entrepreneurs. The project also advances the Bank’s Ten-Year Strategy and is consistent with three of its High-5 strategic priorities: Industrialize Africa, Feed Africa, and Improve the Quality of Life for the People of Africa. It also aligns with the Nigeria Country Strategy Paper 2020-2024.
This is an Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative supported by the Women Entrepreneurship Finance Initiative with the aim of improving gender inclusivity in Africa by improving access to finance for women entrepreneurs.
This project is in line with the bank’s three of its High-5 strategic priorities:
Industrialize Africa
Feed Africa, and
Improve the quality of life for the people of Africa
And also aligns with Nigeria’s country strategic paper 2020-2024
The African Development Bank is an implementing partner of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative, a groundbreaking partnership housed in the World Bank Group that aims to unlock financing for women-led businesses in developing countries.
We of this forum are advising our women entrepreneurs to please try and take advantage of this loan; if you do not have a previous business relationship with FCMB; make an effort to visit the bank and make enquiries to get more knowledge or information about the loan.
There is an adage that says “there is no harm in trial”, and we believe in it. Some people are also afraid of receiving no as an answer; but what is no? No simply means nothing. If you ask for something and you get no as reply, it does not remove anything from your previous position.
Give it a trial, and do not forget that you can only make good success with your loans when you make use of it judiciously. We are here to give you the necessary training and support you need to succeed.
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Post by Trade facilitator on Jul 22, 2021 11:52:35 GMT 1
Following the official launch of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Trade Promotion Organizations (TPO) Network last Friday towards increasing the volume of trade within the region, Nigeria is poised to boost its non-oil exports leveraging the platform. The Executive Director /CEO of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, Mr Segun Awolowo, is also the inaugural president of the ECOWAS TPOs and the NEPC is now repositioning the nation’s export through the implementation of its N50 billion Export Expansion Facility Programme (EEFP), a part of the Economic Sustainability Plan whose development and implementation is being led by the Vice President. The Export Expansion Facility Programme, EEFP is expected to significantly raise the volume of non-oil exports in Nigeria, and it’s a spin-off of the Zero Oil Plan developed by Mr. Awolowo and approved by the President. Besides providing financial support for the average Nigerian exporter, the EEFP is also going to see the establishment of top-notch warehouses in the country close to airports where Nigerian goods meant for export would be packaged to global competitive standards ahead of their exportation. The EEFP, in line with the FG’s Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), is focused on cushioning the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-oil export businesses, thereby safeguarding jobs and creating new ones. Earlier in March this year, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment (MITI), Otunba Niyi Adebayo, officially flagged off the EEFP and also launched the first online Grant Management Portal (GMP) for non-oil exports. While the EEFP is being implemented by the NEPC, the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment is the supervisory body over the agency and its operations. It was disclosed that although the Programme anticipated 500 beneficiaries, since the launch, it has received over 3,500 applications for the grant, out of which over 2,000 were verified after meeting the eligibility criteria. FG officials say further details and plans on disbursement to final successful beneficiaries are being awaited. Aside from being an intervention to save and create jobs, Adebayo noted that the Programme “will support resilience in shoring up the foreign exchange, diversification, modernization of Nigeria’s economy and acceleration of economic growth and economic support.” Under the Export Expansion Facility, there are 16 programmes as approved in the Implementation Work plan under seven Workstreams namely – Capacity Building, Emergency Interventions, Export Aggregation, Export Inclusion, Export Trade facilitation, Institutional Strengthening and Market Development. For instance, the Emergency Intervention is to support existing exporters in responding to shocks caused by COVID-19, while Market Development involves penetrating identified export markets as value chain analysis for priority products, leveraging Africa Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) and other trade treaties. Considering the significant role it plays in growing the Nigerian economy, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are the target group of support from the EEFP and the Export Development Fund (EDF). At the launch of the TPO Network, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated that there was a need to expand intra-regional trade in the ECOWAS sub-region, with the opportunities presented by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. In the same vein, Awolowo further stated that the Network will work towards facilitating the ease of trade for MSMEs within the ECOWAS region and Africa in general. Source: www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/how-fg-plans-to-boost-export-with-n50bn-esp-funding/
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Post by Trade facilitator on Jul 20, 2021 12:56:07 GMT 1
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): Free Trade To Help Africa Beat Recession
Recall that trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) kicked off finally on January 1st, 2021 with great excitement after being delayed for about six (6) months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The African Continental Free Trade Area is a free trade area founded in 2018. It was created by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement among the 54 of the 55 African Trade Unions with headquarter in Accra Ghana.
This agreement features protocols on trade in goods, trade in services, investments, intellectual property rights, and competition and dispute settlements.
To date, 35 of the 55 African Union member states have ratified the agreement, this means that the AfCFTA is in effect for those countries but not for others. Nigeria is among those member states that have ratified the agreement.
Also fifty-four (54) African Union (AU) member states have signed the AfCFTA with the exception of Eritrea.
The AfCFTA is uniting an estimated $3 trillion market and could help realize more than $84 billion in untapped intra-African exports.
This report is according to the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). Mr. Wamkele Mene the Secretary-General of the AfCFTA said at a recent interview during a trip to Angola that restrictions have slowed down the process due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Protocol on Free Movement of Persons
Nigerians should understand that the protocol on the movement of persons is not part of the instrument yet. It is not part of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. It was negotiated separately; it has not entered into force.
The issue of free movement of persons is very crucial for commerce to flow in the African continent.
Single Currency for Africa
The Secretary-General also said that the issue of single currency for Africa is a long-term objective, but that AfCFTA is currently working with Afreximbank to take a step in establishing a Pan-African Payment and Settlement Platform.
It is going to be a digital platform for facilitating trade; this will be a step towards eventually establishing an African single currency.
He also said that the AfCFTA is working with banks to make sure that there is a finance component that supports the implementation of the AfCFTA.
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected trade in Africa very severely. He lamented that for the first time in over 30 years, there is a technical recession affecting the whole of Africa now.
The Secretary-General assured that through the implementation of AfCFTA that Africa will come out of the current recession.
African nations are now in the process of establishing customs procedures that are necessary to make sure that goods crossing into their countries through the border are applying rules of AfCFTA.
He admonished that the process takes time and the administration is doing all it can to make the processes come through soon.
This is a new era in Africa’s Development journey, with this Africa will over time eliminate import tariffs on more than 97% of goods traded on the continent.
The questions to be asked are numerous, but a nagging one is this; will the implementation of this agreement really increase production in many African countries to match demand?
Take for example the case of Nigeria, importation of petrol and cars has been gulping much of the country’ scarce foreign exchange. Will the implementation of AfCFTA make African countries come into the picture?
Nigeria recently reduced the duty on cars from 35% to 5%, who will benefit from this action? How many African countries produce such cars that are usually imported into the country?
Is it that European and other producers will be direct beneficiaries of such policy? Or are we expecting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to be an outcome of such policy?
However, we believe that increased trading activities between African countries must have an impact on the economies of African countries. These increased activities will surely result in increase in employment leading to higher consumption benefiting the economies of the continent.
We believe in Africa and also believe that increased trade between African countries with little or no restrictions will greatly improve the lot of poor Africans.
Stay with us as we continue to bring to you more details as they unfold.
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Post by Trade facilitator on Jul 20, 2021 11:35:17 GMT 1
Demand is 300,000 Metric Tonnes, and Supply is 10,000 Metric Tonnes
There is an acute shortage of cassava starch in Nigeria both for local consumption and export. The statistics is frightening, there is a demand of more than 300,000 metric tonnes of the commodity while producers can only supply a miserly 10,000 metric tonnes.
This is leaving a yawning gap of about 290,000 metric tonnes of the product waiting for farmers and other producers to fill.
In this article we are going to discuss how to make cassava starch here in Nigeria both for local consumption and export.
The Wet Process of Cassava Starch Production
We shall be discussing the wet method of processing cassava starch without any additive. This method is very simple to follow, and if you practice it, then you can start it and do the business profitably.
The production process is divided into three (3) basic categories or stages covering the complete process of how to make starch from cassava.
Stage 1: This is the farm stage. If you have a farm, or you bought the cassava from the farm; then you need to harvest the cassava tubers up to the quantity you require for the production.
After harvesting the cassava, you need to transport them to your processing station.
Step 2: The next stage is the cleaning of the cassava tubers, cleaning at this stage means removing the sediments from the outer covering of the cassava tubers or the roots.
For you to make a very clean cassava starch, you must lay a lot of emphasis on cleaning the tubers properly in order to eliminate dirt and sand. The cleaner your cassava roots are a better quality cassava starch you will produce.
The next stage after the cleaning is the washing stage; you start washing the tubers. Washing is also very important in the process of production.
During washing process you will ensure high quality for your starch. The main reason for washing is to remove, sand, and epidermis of the cassava roots.
After washing, you can now start crushing.
Step 3: Crushing can be done in various ways depending on the method you have chosen to follow.
Those who want to get both garri and starch will have either to grate the cassava tubers or crush using local machines that are now available all over the places.
Crushing is mainly to destroy the structure of the cassava tubers so that the tiny starch granules can be smoothly separated from the cassava roots.
Starch released from cells is called free starch, the more free starch released the higher the starch yield.
Modern day separation is done by machines used by industrial starch producers, but you can still achieve much to start your own business with available locally produced machines.
After crushing you have to put the crushed cassava now turned into paste into a sack made for pressing out the starch slurry from the crushed cassava. Note that industrial starch producers can crush the cassava roots to a level that they can achieve very high level of cassava starch.
At this stage your cassava starch is almost ready; you will have to remove water from the cassava slurry by any method of dehydration available to you.
After dehydrating the starch to remove water, you can then dry it for local and export market.
Don’t forget that most local producers also get their garri from the same process that produced the cassava starch. The point to note here is that the quantity of starch to be realized when you also want to get garri will be reduced.
The choice is yours, whatever you desire go out there and key into this simple but profitable means of livelihood at your fingertips.
Our company trains both farmers and exporters to enable them function properly in this business; you can contact the admin of the forum for more information and days of the training.
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Post by Trade facilitator on Jul 18, 2021 19:19:02 GMT 1
Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), Agricultural Produce Sellers Association of Nigeria (APSAN) Sign MoU On Standard Agricultural Products
For any country to make good success in agricultural produce there must be a means of standardizing its produce. In Nigeria it is the responsibility of the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) to establish and maintain such standards. Remember that in April 2021, we brought to you information that the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Nanono, and the Director General of The Standard Organization of Nigeria, (SON), Mallam Faruk Salim, have both expressed enthusiasm to partner with the Agricultural Produce Sellers Association of Nigeria, (APSAN) in tackling the Production, distribution of substandard and counterfeit agricultural products in the country. The two senior government officials made the collaboration during the Official Launch of the Taskforce on Substandard and Counterfeit Products in Abuja, the nation’s capital. In a bid to produce and maintain standard agricultural products, the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), on Tuesday 13th of July 2021, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Agricultural Produce Sellers Association of Nigeria (APSAN). The Director General of SON, Mallam Faruk Salim speaking during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, said that the ceremony is important as agriculture is the backbone of the economy of Nigeria. He said that with an association like APSAN, the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) will maintain standards in the market. The Director General said that the Association would get a lot of experience in management, Product marketing, Labeling and Packaging Training. The Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) can work with both the medium and large scale organizations in the agricultural industry to help them market their products properly. But they must certify them in such a way that when they get to another country with the stamp of SON, they will know that the product is up to standard. The National President of APSAN, Comrade Aloy Akortsaha explained that apart from making sure that Nigeria stands to gain from good and standard products, the Association will also serve as middlemen between the Federal Government and the farmers. According to him, the MOU is going to facilitate the access to farmers and dealers and also eliminate perpetrators of sub-standard products. The organization would investigate any wrong doing done against farmers and dealers that are not satisfied. Members of APSAN, farmers and dealers should enroll themselves for training. All members must be trained as SON has given them legal documents that will be used to train the members. Also the North-West Chairman of APSAN, Alhaji Ibrahim Shuaibu noted that this signing event will give the agency the capacity to effectively tackle substandard products in their markets as well as bringing the sellers of these substandard products to book. The Chairman of APSAN taskforce, Mr. Vandefa James, on his part said that this event will boost the standardization of agricultural produce. He quoted that “food is essential, and once you start taking sub-standard food, it is like eating poison”. “Our work is to ensure that whatever farmers produce and send out there that is what consumers are going to get. Whatever SON is against, we will also stand against that”. It is common knowledge all over the world that substandard products and counterfeits come with heavy economic and health burdens with people paying the ultimate price in some cases of counterfeiting. Substandard products can be found in almost all areas of the agricultural value chain: they are in canned products, agricultural inputs, electronics, equipment, agrochemicals and other materials. Nigerian products have been blacklisted in the international markets due to substandard products and counterfeiting. The ministry also inaugurated a standing Inter-Ministerial Technical Working Group on Agro Zero Reject Initiative to among others ensure that the European Union lifts the ban on our beans and other commodities from entering their countries. We of this forum believe that this signing of the Memorandum of Understanding is a step in the right direction; it is expected to bring confidence in the minds of our foreign buyers. As their confidence increases in our agricultural products, there will surely be an increase in the demand of our export goods thereby increasing our revenue. Proper training is a major part of offering good products to the international market; our company is an expert in training exporters in Nigeria. You can contact us for your training needs.Stay with us.
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Post by Trade facilitator on Jul 18, 2021 14:42:27 GMT 1
How To Start A Profitable Poultry Farm Business In Nigeria – Beginners’ Guide
With this article, we are starting a series on poultry farm business in Nigeria. We will start from the very beginning so that those who have never practiced the business at before partake and gain from it.
It is really going to be a long guide spanning several articles, but it is going to be worth it. You will enjoy every bit of the epic guide.
If you follow our articles on this poultry farming business, it will surely help you a lot because it will be based on beginners; so it will surely help you in setting up your own poultry farm business.
This business has proven to be lucrative in Nigeria today, as you may be aware; the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is solidly behind using agriculture to diversify the economy.
He has severally intervened in the provision of maize to force the price of poultry feeds down for the interest of poultry farmers in the country.
The major reason is that almost all religions in the country eat poultry and poultry products.
No matter where you live, as far as you are willing and interested in going into the business of poultry farming, you can start, and it will surely become a new source of income for you and your family.
For the purpose of our guide, poultry farming means raising different types of domestic birds commercially for the purpose of getting meat, eggs and other products like feather.
Though we will eventually deal with all the aspects of poultry in the guide, we are going to start with chicken.
Chicken meat and eggs are not new in most families in Nigeria, in our rural settings all over the country; you hardly enter into any family compound without finding one type of poultry farm or another of varying sizes.
Chicken are already an integral part of our lives, chicken’s products are among the major sources of animal protein. Many families I know today get all their protein needs from their small scale poultry farms started at their backyards.
Poultry farms you see everywhere is evidence that big commercial poultry farms make a lot of money from the business. The government is always intervening in making maize available for the poultry feed producers to force down the cost of poultry feeds.
Poultry farming is one of the fastest growing and most profitable agricultural businesses in Nigeria today. The government pays great attention to it; it is the greatest provider of protein for the average Nigerian family.
This is an interesting business, but a lot of people fail because of lack of proper knowledge which you can get from being well trained.
Our company specializes in training people who are interested in making success of their agricultural and export businesses. You only need to contact the admin of this forum and you will get all the details you need to do the training.
How Can You Start poultry Farm as a Beginner?
Let’s face it; in the current world of high-level internet penetration, a lot of people watch YouTube videos and use what they see there to take actions on their farms.
There is nothing bad in it, but sometimes it backfires when you view and come out with the wrong knowledge or ideas.
For you to take the advice of anybody on poultry farming, you must be sure that the person is really experienced in the business. Many people talk about the business from what they read from books and watched on videos.
You can start your poultry farming with either chicken or turkey. There are various types of chicken you can start with, they come in the form of:
Egg producers
Meat birds, and
Dual-purpose birds
Let us look at them now.
Types of Chicken You can start with:
Practically, poultry farmers in Nigeria concentrate on these types of chicken for convenience:
Broilers
Cockerel
Noilers
In our next article in the series, we are going to break them down to explain in details what each means and how you can key into the project profitably.
We are assuming that our members and others that are going to use this guide are really interested in going into this business to become efficient poultry farmers and producers.
If you stay with us you will benefit from the guide.
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Post by Trade facilitator on Jul 14, 2021 14:18:55 GMT 1
Nigeria: African Development Bank (AfDB) Bolsters Women-Empowered Businesses With $50 million Loan To FCMB
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of $50 million to Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to channel to local enterprises and women-empowered businesses in the agribusiness, manufacturing, healthcare and renewable energy sectors.
These women-empowered businesses must be in the following sectors:
Agricultural businesses
Manufacturing
Healthcare, and
Renewable energy
Thirty percent (30%) of the funds, which are intended to mitigate effects of the challenging Covid-19 environment, are earmarked for underserved women-empowered businesses.
Which are the underserved women-empowered businesses?
There are a lot of businesses that women participate in Nigeria but getting adequate finance to run such businesses successfully is a big problem in most parts of the country. I hope that the bank in charge of the management of this fund (FCMB) will do all it takes to get to the women that really need this loan.
In addition, the Bank will provide a technical assistance grant of $200,000 through its Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative supported by the Women Entrepreneurship Finance Initiative. The grant will complement the loan by enabling First City Monument Bank to provide non-financial services, including training, and to strengthen its monitoring and reporting functions.
Another beauty coming with loan is the grant of $200,000 for technical assistance that will enable First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to provide technical assistance in the area non-financial services; such as training and strengthening its monitoring and reporting functions.
“The African Development Bank is pleased to support FCMB’s strategy to become a dominant player in addressing the funding needs of women-empowered and local enterprises,” said Stefan Nalletamby, the African Development Bank’s Director of Financial Sector Development. “This project will extend valuable resources to critical but underserved segments during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, with its adverse macroeconomic impacts.”
Small- and medium-sized firms account for up to 80% of employment in most African countries and women-empowered businesses typically face a considerable financing gap. The Nigerian economy has been hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, and falling crude oil prices have had a ripple effect on the wider economy.
FCMB is a Nigerian commercial bank with around 5 million customers. It had total assets of around $5 billion as at the end of 2020.
The project aligns with the objectives of AFAWA, which aims to improve gender inclusivity by improving access to finance for women entrepreneurs. The project also advances the Bank’s Ten-Year Strategy and is consistent with three of its High-5 strategic priorities: Industrialize Africa, Feed Africa, and Improve the Quality of Life for the People of Africa. It also aligns with the Nigeria Country Strategy Paper 2020-2024.
This is an Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative supported by the Women Entrepreneurship Finance Initiative with the aim of improving gender inclusivity in Africa by improving access to finance for women entrepreneurs.
This project is in line with the bank’s three of its High-5 strategic priorities:
Industrialize Africa
Feed Africa, and
Improve the quality of life for the people of Africa
And also aligns with Nigeria’s country strategic paper 2020-2024
The African Development Bank is an implementing partner of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative, a groundbreaking partnership housed in the World Bank Group that aims to unlock financing for women-led businesses in developing countries.
We of this forum are advising our women entrepreneurs to please try and take advantage of this loan; if you do not have a previous business relationship with FCMB; make an effort to visit the bank and make enquiries to get more knowledge or information about the loan.
There is an adage that says “there is no harm in trial”, and we believe in it. Some people are also afraid of receiving no as an answer; but what is no? No simply means nothing. If you ask for something and you get no as reply, it does not remove anything from your previous position.
Give it a trial, and do not forget that you can only make good success with your loans when you make use of it judiciously. We are here to give you the necessary training and support you need to succeed.
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Post by Trade facilitator on Jul 14, 2021 11:09:27 GMT 1
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