Think Pink, Drive Bold
How The Alternative Bank’s Mata Zalla Initiative Is Putting Women in the Driver’s Seat In Kano, a fleet of hot-pink electric tricycles is doing something the development world rarely manages, quietly changing women’s lives without asking them to wait. There is a particular sound to Kano at seven in the morning. The call to prayer […]
How Nigeria is Rewriting the Global Cocoa Narrative
For the better part of two decades, the global cocoa market was a picture of quiet predictability. Then, in a blistering eighteen-month window, the script flipped entirely. As a recent deep-dive by Nairametrics highlights, the staggering surge in cocoa prices, skyrocketing from $2,000 per metric ton in 2022 to over $12,000 by late 2024, was […]
What You Need to Know about Debt Service Coverage Ratio
1.2 Understanding Debt Service Coverage Ratio After Madam Mary’s outburst at Tolu for his bad credit report, (read about it here) he walked away sad and drowned himself in his thoughts. “How did Madam Mary know about my debts? It’s not a big deal. He was only eating Iya Abeke’s food on Credit and had […]
99% success rate! Sign me up
Picture this: You’re on the hot seat of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” and the 10-million-naira question pops up – “Name a Nigerian commercial bank’s app that guarantees a steady 99% transfer success rate.” You think it’s a trick question because, honestly, reliable bank apps are as rare as a unicorn. You contemplate walking […]
