In view of the high energy spend that impacts negatively on their margins, manufacturers in the country are asking the...
As Nigeria’s economic frontier becomes more difficult for the productive sector, local manufacturers are shifting attention to improving organisational habits...
Despite daunting challenges affecting manufacturers in Nigeria, Vitafoam, one of Nigeria’s leaders in the mattresses and pillows industry, is gearing...
Through the newly appointed Business Development Service Providers (BDSPs), the Bank of Industry (BoI) is targeting to finance 1220 small...
Latest data from the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have shown how much plastic makers and metal/aluminium manufacturers spend on...
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has decried the recent hike and disparity in electricity tariffs under the new Multi-Year...
Beer and flour segments have posted robust performances in the first half of 2014, having largely driven the N92.67 billion...
Oil price crash has made Nigeria’s economic diversification imperative. With oil price and naira volatility, gradual but steady slump in...
Rising cost of production and the uncertainty surrounding the forthcoming elections have dampened the business confidence of Nigeria’s manufacturers in...
Nigeria’s manufacturing sector has hit a new low in recent times as economic headwinds have cramped growth, capacity and output...
EDE DAFINONE is an economist and accountant. He is also the CEO of Sapele Integrated Industries Limited, a crumb rubber...
The leather industry received a big boost in 2014 as the value of exports of footwear, gaiters and the like...
Manufacturers had an average of four-hour electricity supply each day in 2014. Also, they had an average of six power...
Manufacturers defied all odds in the Nigerian business environment to pump N483.05 billion into the real sector within the first...
Banks and other financial institutions raised their average lending rate to local manufacturers to 22 percent in 2014, from 20.4...