As part of its efforts at increasing the capacity of Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSME) in running profitable businesses, Diamond Bank PLC, a leading player in the Nigerian Retail Banking space, has through its Diamond BusinessXpress seminar provided training in cash budgeting for entrepreneurs. The seminar, which held in Owerri, Imo State, marks the 40th edition of the Bank’s BusinessXpress Seminar, a monthly capacity building workshop aimed at building managerial capacity and institutionalized processes within the sector. The topics discussed at the session included: Failing to Plan, Finding and retaining Customers, Strategic Planning, What is Business Really About? and ZeroOne.
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Alpha Mead Facilities and Management Services (AM Facilities), in partnership with Cluttons LLP, has called on stakeholders in the retail sector in Nigeria to come together and promote the development of the sector. This call was made at a stakeholders’ forumheld on Tuesday, February 04, 2014, in Lagos. According to the organisers of the event, the objective of theforum is to share Cluttons’ experience in the management of retail centres and provide useful insight into how the lessons learned can be adopted for the successful mangement of malls in Nigeria. During the sessions, particpants were given the opportunity of pro bono private consultancy sessions with the Cluttons LLP team.
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Hip hop artistes, Wande Coal and Wizkid, have been revealed as the major artistes who will perform at the Diamond S.W.A.G Account Concert as part of the closing ceremony of the ongoing 24th Nigerian University Games (NUGA) holding at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. S.W.A.G Account, the youth-oriented product from Diamond Bank, was launched at the NUGA Games last week. Diamond Bank Plc, Nigeria’s foremost retail bank, is the lead sponsor of the competition.
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The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and Chief Host of the ongoing 24th Nigerian University Games (NUGA), Professor Bamitale Omole, has lauded the support of Diamond Bank Plc, in sponsoring the Games. Diamond Bank, Nigeria’s leading retail bank, is the lead sponsor of the games. Professor Omole, who recognized the enormous support from Diamond Bank in his welcome address during the Opening Ceremony of the games at the weekend, said the support has gone a long way in making it possible to organize the event with less financial stress.
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Campari, one of the leading global alcoholic spirits, has launched the 2014 edition of the annual Campari Calendar with the celebration of global cultural heritage as its main focus. With the theme “Worldwide Celebrations”, each month of the calendar focuses on a unique festival from a number of different cultures around the world. Through this intriguing new theme, Campari intends to highlight how cultures around the world have become more global than ever before, and reinterprets each celebration through its spirit made of passion, style and charisma.
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Diamond Bank Plc, one of the leading retail banks in Nigeria, is exciting Nigerian youths with the launch of the Diamond S.W.A.G Account at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife venue of this year’s on-going National Universities Games Association (NUGA) games. S.W.A.G, an accronym for ‘Student With A Goal’ is a newly designed proposition targeted at helping Nigerian youths achieve their financial goals with the right support. Diamond Bank is the Lead Sponsor of this year’s NUGA Games, its 24th edition.
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The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Johnson Bamidele Olawunmi, has commended Diamond Bank Plc for supporting the NYSC through the donation of a 33-seater bus to the organisation. Diamond Bank is a leading player in the Nigerian Retail Banking space. Mr. Oladele Akinyemi, Executive Director, Northern Business, Diamond Bank Plc, who made the presentation on behalf of the bank, said that the gesture was made in demonstration of Diamond Bank’s support for the NYSC in fulfilling its mandate of empowering future leaders as well as fostering unity in the country.
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In a bid to support women entrepreneurs to run thriving businesses, Diamond Bank PLC, a leading player in the Nigerian Retail Banking space, has provided ICT training for women functioning within the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector. At the two day program, which held at the Enterprise Development Centre of the Pan Atlantic University on Wednesday, 5 and Thursday, 6 February 2014, the entrepreneurs were taken through different topics including: Why do businesses need IT? Creating a Facebook Business page, Social Media for business, etc.
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Diamond Bank Plc., Nigeria’s leading retail bank, will be the lead sponsor of the 24th edition of the Nigerian Universities Games Association (NUGA) competition. The event, which will hold between February 12-22, 2014 at the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, will attract over 60 universities and 7,000 athletes that will feature in 15 different sports, including Track & Field, Badminton, Basketball, Chess, Cricket, Handball and Judo. Others are Hockey, Football, Swimming, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis and Volleyball. According to Mrs Ayona Trimnell, Head of Corporate Communications, Diamond Bank Plc, the bank’s support for the event is part of its sponsorship programmes targeted at supporting the dreams and aspirations of Nigerian youths.
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Alphamead Facilities and Management Services Limited, Nigeria’s leading facility management company, has concluded plans to host key players in Nigeria’s retail sector to a one-day seminar. During the event, the company will be partnering with Cluttons LLP, a limited liability partnership of Chartered Surveyors, based in the United Kingdom, to offer a free one-on-one management consultancy for all levels of retail projects in Nigeria. The event,with the theme “Adopting Global Best Practices For Retail Centre Development And Management In Nigeria”,will hold on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, atEko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. Geared towards creating an avenue for financiers, current and potential mall owners, developers and retail managers to share their experiences, the event will offer ample opportunity for grooming in the areas of offering consultancy services and managing retail centres, based on successful models in Europe and the United Arab Emirates (Dubai).
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The Minister for Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, has called for new strategies to support the Small and Medium Entreprises (SME) sector as government looks to positively impact the entire economic value chain. The minister made the call while receiving top executives of Diamond Bank Plc, a leading player in the Nigerian Retail Banking space, led by the Bank’s Group Managing Director/CEO, Dr. Alex Otti. Speaking at the event, the minister said, “The SME sector in Nigeria currently employs about 25million people and accounts for about 40 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product. Despite recent growths in the economy, government realizes that economic growth that does not reach the SMEs cannot make any meaningful impact. Diamond Bank has played a pioneering and leading role in growing not only the banking sector but also the Nigerian economy through its activities with SMEs, and government is willing to partner such professionals with proven experience in the sector to develop the entire economic value chain.” While presenting the bank’s blueprint on Improving Access to Finance to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Otti recommended that a fund should be set up to take care of identified equity finance gaps. He also called for a risk-sharing guarantee to support the unsecured lending portfolio of banks that have established methodologies for assessing, disbursing, monitoring and collecting such loans.
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More support has come the way of leading retail bank, Diamond Bank PLC in its drive to provide adequate support for Micro Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in West Africa. This time, the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) has entered into an agreement with Diamond to support the bank’s lending to small businesses in the region to the tune of USD 25 Million. Speaking at a press conference held after the partnership agreement signing ceremony, Executive Director –Retail Banking, Diamond Bank PLC, Mr. Uzoma Dozie, said the Bank was delighted by the partnership as it was an indication that the Bank’s support for MSMEs is laudable and that the Bank would continue to provide more support for the vital business segment. According to the Chief Executive Officer, African Guarantee Fund, Mr. Felix Bikpo, “In Africa, majority of the economic growth is trade driven. Once trade is backed out, we have little or nothing. AGF is positioned to drive real economic development that takes Africa back to what it was in the past where a lot of its growth was driven at the local level. What we are doing in the AGF is to partner with like-minded institutions to provide adequate support for MSMEs to function actively in the sector. We are glad to partner with Diamond Bank as we have found their MSME support strategy to be the right one.”
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