Podcasts ABC Nigeria
Impact on Digital Payment Platforms on The Economy and Business
On this episode, Oluwabankole Falade, Chief Regulatory and Government Relations Officer, Flutterwave, gives into the impact of digital payment platforms on the Nigerian economy.
By The American Business Council
The Upward Trajectory of the Music Industry in Nigeria
It is hard to doubt the rise of Afrobeats in 2022 as well as the individuals who have led to the success of the genre over the past couple of years.
By The American Business Council
Blockchain and IP Enforcement
Blockchain technology has received widespread attention for its potential to transform virtually every sector of our economy – from finance, healthcare, and logistics to the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
By The American Business Council
Food Safety And Implications For Nigeria
In this episode Maggie discusses Food Safety: Implications for Nigeria with Jane Omojokun. The world celebrated Food Safety this month with the theme “safer food, better health”,
By The American Business Council
Healthcare Progression in West Africa: Leveraging Technology to Drive Healthcare
Healthcare in Africa remains a vital topic and it is one area that sums up the continent’s development challenges in the field of health.
By The American Business Council
IWD – Showcasing Female Leadership Success Stories
At the American Business Council, our key focus for World International Womens’ Month is to break the gender bias with positive visibility and focus.
By The American Business Council
Business Opportunities In 2022
Here Margaret discusses with Hon (Dr) Ujam of Nina Jojer and Tolu Oyekan of BCG share the pillars of the economy that drove economic growth and looked at the best possible ways of evaluating infrastructural investments with impact on development.
By The American Business Council
2021 in Review
Here Margaret Olele of the American Business Council reviews and discusses the monumental events of 2021 with Nonso Obikili of the United Nations, and Gyude Moore of the Centre for Global Development.
By The American Business Council
Lagos Free Zone
On this episode, Tejaswi – General Manager, Strategic Marketing and Business Development at Lagos Free Zone (LFZ) shares insights on the development, which is integrated with Lekki Deep Sea Port (first of its kind in Nigeria) and well-positioned to address the port challenges in Lagos.
By The American Business Council
Doing Business In Nigeria
Mira Mehta, CEO of Tomato Jos discusses with Maggie her milestones in investing in Nigeria, challenges, and the future of Tomato Jos.
By The American Business Council
Nigeria’s Animation Industry: Prospects for Growth
The global animation market size was valued at US$ 354.7 billion in 2020. Since the creation of the Black Panther comic into a movie, we have seen a burgeoning of interests and investments into African Content. These facts make one curious to know how the Nigerian comic and animation industry took hold of the global demand.
By The American Business Council
The Imperatives Of Peace For A Successful Economy
One of the indicators that drive foreign investments is the perceived stability of the desired Country for investment and the current heated polity in Nigeria may have cast a shadow on investors’ confidence in the country.
By The American Business Council
The Petroleum Industry Act 2021
Since its presentation before the legislature in 2008, the Petroleum Industry Bill was passed into law on 16 August 2021. The Bill, now an Act, makes far reaching changes to the structure of Nigeria’s energy industry.
By The American Business Council
Business development for SMEs
SME’s face a myriad of challenges to their business development daily. These challenges include the insufficiency of infrastructure, policy, incentives, and most commonly all access to finance.
By The American Business Council
Creating a Competitive Courier and Logistics Sector in Nigeria
Maggie discusses with Sumbo Akintola of Aluko Oyebode and Moses Faya of API on the postal bill its implications to business, extrapolate reasons for the postal bill, and discuss the opportunities the public and private stakeholders need to leverage on.
By The American Business Council
The Regulation of Data in Nigeria
Considering the importance of data in modern times and the heightened need for proper regulation, a Data Protection Bill was proposed to the National Assembly in 2020.
By The American Business Council
The Copyright bill and its implications on Nigeria’s Entertainment Industry
Isioma of Punuka Attorneys & Solicitors and Chinwe of Ohanele Law Firm discuss with Maggie the history of the Copyright bill and its impact on the entertainment industry.
By The American Business Council
Investing in Nigeria’s Digital Sector
In this episode, the Rita Amuchienwa of Intel discusses with Maggie on the critical digital infrastructure needed in Nigeria and Intel’s plans to build capacity in Africa.
By The American Business Council
The Ecosystem Restoration
This episode highlights Ecosystem Restoration in recognition of the World Environment day celebrated on the 5th of June with the themes “Reimagine. Recreate. Restore.” Amaka Onyemelukwe, Director of Public Affairs, Communication and Sustainability shares with Maggie what Coca-Cola does in ….
By The American Business Council
US/Africa Relations
Maggie discusses with Amaka Anku of Eurasia Group on the Chinese incursion in Africa, the Security situation for Western Investors investing in Africa, US Government initiatives for Africa, and how best the US Government can be a partner to African Governments.
By The American Business Council
Building Relationships in Business
Maggie discusses with the Senior Government Relations Director for Sub-Saharan Africa at Procter and Gamble, Iluyemi Temitope on Building relationships in Business. She gives an overview of how US Corporations build relationships in the private and public sector without impinging on its core values but at the same time drive revenue growth indirectly and directly.
By The American Business Council
Insurance as a Lifestyle
Here Maggie speaks with Funmi Omo the Managing Director of Enterprise Life Nigeria on the importance of the Insurance sector, highlights the opportunities in the sector and shares the pr……
By The American Business Council
Investing In Human Capacity
Here Alexander Muterko, the Project Manager at the International Centre for Migration Policy Development discusses with Maggie on what the ICMPD does around promoting innovative, comprehensive and sustainable migration policies……
By The American Business Council
Celebrating Women Leaders II
Maggie discusses with the MD of Comercio Limited Aderonke Adeyegbe, Nigeria’s leading indigenous cloud company. She shares what her organisation does to empower women into the tech space and her passion in empowering women into STEM. They look at the data from the 2020 US Economic Impact Survey on Nigeria on women in corporate organisations as employees, leadership positions and members of the board of Companies…..
By The American Business Council
Celebrating Women Leaders I
Toyin Adegbite-Moore Executive Director of Africa Venture Philanthropy Alliance discusses with Maggie on ways AVPA supports Female-led SMEs in Nigeria and share insights on how women empowerment projects should be checked and tracked.
By The American Business Council
2020 US Economic Impact Survey
On today’s episode, Delia Asuzu of PricewaterCoopers Nigeria and Olaniyi Yusuf of Verraki Partners share updates and insights with Maggie on the 2020 Economic
Impact survey of US companies in Nigeria.
By The American Business Council
Supply Chain Management in Nigeria
On today’s episode of the Business Exchange, the CEO of the African Resource Centre for Nigeria shares her perspectives on supply chain management in
Nigeria, opportunities for investments and what ARC has done to support the value chain in supply chain management.
By The American Business Council
Real Estate Of Nigeria
Margaret speaks with the CEO of Alaro City Ojo Odunayo on how the real estate industry of Nigeria has faired in 2020 and what is next for the sector.
By The American Business Council
Improving The Ease Of Doing Business – CAMA 2020
In this episode on Margaret Olele interacts with Zainab Balogun of The New Practice on the new CAMA Act which improves the ease
By The American Business Council
The Nigerian Economy And Investor’s Confidence
Here Maggie interacts with Olusegun Zaccheaus an Associate Director, Strategy and Economics at KPMG Africa on the current state of the Nigerian Economy,
By The American Business Council
Combating Counterfeits In Nigeria
Here Maggie interacts with the Country Manager for Nigeria/Cluster lead West Africa for Pfizer, Olayinka Subair on the policies for growth in the Pharmaceutical space,
By The American Business Council
Data Protection In Nigeria
Margaret speaks with John Edokpolo of Microsoft and Josh Egba of USTDA on the current Data Protection Bill, its importance,
By The American Business Council
