With inflation taking a toll on businesses and threatening to keep many out of operation, the introduction of the Market Trader Money initiative by the Lagos state government to empower micro and small businesses to survive the current economic crisis could not have come at a better time.
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.