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The legal process for restructuring is the most significant for a Nigerian company, and arguably, one that is the most often initiated incorrectly. Those who get restructuring right treat it as a thoughtful, planned process – one with clear commercial…
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On 1st May, Nigeria joined over 160 countries in celebrating International Workers' Day, a public holiday that offers not just celebration, but a time for reflection. It is also a reminder of how wide the gap is between Nigerian labour…
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Lending from development finance institutions such as the International Finance Corporation, African Development Bank, Proparco, and German Development Finance Institution, DEG, and other multilateral and bilateral development finance institutions is becoming more accessible to Nigerian businesses across sectors. There may…
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By integrating financial services products into non-financial platforms and business models, embedded finance is changing the Nigerian financial services landscape faster than the regulatory and legal frameworks that govern it. Several banks are distributing financial products through digital channels using…
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Most Nigerian business owners know their contracts need attention. Yet, only a few have read them recently. There is a gap between what a contract actually says and what a business truly needs. In terms of scale, risk exposure, and…
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Film, music, fashion, digital content, gaming, and design, as well as the technology platforms that distribute and monetise creative work, are among Nigeria's fastest-growing sectors and among its top exports to the world. Nollywood is the second-largest film industry in…
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Every week, we hear a story about a Nigerian business owner who has just discovered that someone else has registered their brand name as a trademark. Or that the logo their designer created is legally owned by the designer, not…
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Earth Day is a global reminder that environmental responsibility is no longer an ethical or reputational concern for businesses, it is a commercial one. For Nigerian businesses seeking international investment, DFI financing, or partnerships with multinational corporates, environmental compliance has…
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There is no loan facility stronger than the security that underlies it. Any bank that doesn't properly secure its assets is not a secured creditor. And a borrower that does not understand its perfection obligations might find that its representations…
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Most FinTech founders are aware they need a Central Bank of Nigeria license. But very few know which one to apply for - and the difference between applying for the wrong license and the right one is huge. A rejected…
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Your product is validated, you have end users, your revenue is growing, and your team is getting bigger. And then it stops, and the founders can not understand why. This does not happen because the market changes or because the…
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A poorly drafted shareholders' agreement is a time bomb waiting to happen and we have seen it happen in boardrooms across ownership disputes, deadlocked decisions and exits gone wrong. Not because the business failed but because the legal foundation was…
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