Business Report

Author: Jerry Aghedo Most discussions around P2P trading focus on individual users, but the operational impact on businesses is often underestimated. As transaction volumes increase, businesses relying on informal P2P structures begin to experience scaling challenges. Each delayed payment, customer dispute, or failed transaction requires manual intervention, consuming both time and operational resources. Over time, these inefficiencies translate into hidden costs: reduced team productivity, slower customer support response times, and increased friction in customer experience. What begins as a flexible system often becomes difficult to manage at scale. This is driving a broader shift in the industry toward more structured systems that improve transaction visibility, automate workflows, and reduce dependency on manual coordination. Businesses that transition toward more reliable infrastructure tend to operate with greater efficiency and improved customer satisfaction. Coinrency reflects ...

THE conventional Nigerian entrepreneurial playbook has hit a structural wall. For years, the default corporate prescription for growth has relied on a rigid formula: scale operations, optimise systems, hire aggressively, and accelerate execution. Yet, across local business hubs, a contradictory reality is unfolding. Despite heavy investments in strategic systems, corporate revenues are plateauting while executive burnout reaches unprecedented levels. According to Bukie Adebola-Ezeh, a global business strategist and the founder of Bukie Signature Consulting, the primary bottleneck to sustainable scaling is rarely a lack of market strategy. Instead, she identifies the core barrier as an internal organisational obstacle she calls The Identity Ceiling™, an invisible limitation dictated by a founder’s self-perception, leadership standards, and operational capacity. “Every business has a revenue ceiling. Behind every revenue ceiling sits an identity ceiling.” Her advisory philosophy is based...

 After curating unforgettable experiences for over 50,000 students across Nigerian universities in six years, FeemYard today launches its Campus Cinema Distribution Network - transforming grassroots passion into a national distribution Ecosystem. This milestone was announced early this month at the star-studded premiere of WhackAmole at the Transcorp Hilton Abuja, signaling FeemYard’s evolution from campus screenings to a fully integrated infrastructure leader for African cinema. “Who Could have thought we’d be Digital in 2026 - we started Film Screenings physically in Abraka Campus,Delta State University.”   a FeemYard representative reflected. “Hauling projectors, Organizing Comedy Shows, Outdoor Parties, Live Events forging campus alliances, and immersing ourselves in how young audiences engage with entertainment taught us lessons no boardroom could provide. Today, that foundation becomes scalable infrastructure.” A Strategic Alternative for Independent Filmmakers Trad...

     Leading Agribusiness Company Reaches Over 625,000 Smallholder Farmers Across Nigeria Through Financing, Extension Services, Processing, and Market Integration  Palm Valley Nigeria Limited (PVNL), a leading Nigerian agribusiness and agricultural development company, continues to strengthen its position as one of the country’s most impactful rural development partners, having supported over 625,000 smallholder farmers across multiple states since its establishment in 2008. Founded with a vision of improving and sustaining the livelihoods of women and youth in rural communities, PVNL has evolved into a full-service agricultural development and agribusiness company delivering innovative financing, certified agricultural inputs, modern processing solutions, extension services, produce aggregation, and market linkage support across major crop value chains including maize, soybean, rice, and ginger. Driven by its core values of Collaboration, Integrity, Transparency, a...

By Yemi Sunday As Nigeria continues to grapple with security incidents, road accidents, medical emergencies, and disaster-related events, concerns around emergency response coordination remain a recurring issue for citizens and public safety stakeholders. Industry observers note that in many emergency situations, delays are not always caused by the absence of responders but by communication breakdowns that prevent critical information from reaching the appropriate authorities on time. It is within this context that AmBa Technology Solutions Limited, a Nigerian public safety technology startup, is developing a digital platform designed to improve how emergency information is reported, shared, and escalated among citizens, institutions, and response agencies. Founded by technology entrepreneur Onovo George Timothy, the company is building what it describes as an integrated emergency response and public safety ecosystem aimed at strengthening coordination during critical incidents. Accord...

By King Jaja  Breaking into tech sales is not just about securing a role. It requires an intrinsic understanding of how revenue is created, how value is communicated, and how corporate relationships are converted into tangible business outcomes. Most early-career professionals struggle initially, not due to a lack of capability, but because they lack context, proper structure, and access to real execution experience. To bridge this specific industry gap, Ifeanyi Olabode , a seasoned business development and tech sales leader, has officially opened applications for his 12-Month Structured Mentorship Program (Cohort 3, 2026) . This comprehensive, year-long initiative is built specifically to develop commercially aware, execution-driven professionals who want to build serious, long-term careers in tech sales. Key Capabilities You Will Develop Over the course of 12 months, the program moves away from passive theory to focus on practical exposure, strategic thinking, and consist...

How one entrepreneur's frustration in Lagos and Abuja led to the creation of tsboi.ai — an always-on visibility engine built in London, for Africa Running a business in Nigeria teaches you many things. It teaches resilience, creativity, and the ability to make progress despite limitations. Yet it also exposes a challenge that receives far less attention: the digital invisibility faced by many African businesses. Ikenna Chidoka understands this challenge firsthand. Over the years, he built and operated businesses across Lagos and Abuja, serving real customers, generating revenue, and building brands. However, despite investing in websites, content, and online marketing, many of those businesses struggled to gain meaningful visibility online. “I would spend time and money building a website, creating content, and doing everything I thought was right. Yet the results were often disappointing. It felt like shouting into an empty room.” The challenge was larger than traditional...