DBN proudly celebrates International Women’s Day by hosting the DBN IWD 2024 event, embracing this year’s theme: Inspire Inclusion and highlighting DBN’s proactive lending initiatives for women. With some of the Bank’s PFIs onsite, offering expert advice and coordinating free health checks for market women at the Wuye Ultra Modern Market, the event is a true testament of DBN’s dedication to women’s economic empowerment. We invite you to join us work towards Inspiring Inclusion, while commemorating International Women's Day 2024. Let’s continue to empower women to thrive in business and beyond.

Since the discovery of the internet and its impact on human interaction and commerce, it has changed the dynamics of human coexistence. As an example, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and other social platforms which started as a means of interaction between people now have commercial and advertising nodes to them, promoting not just social exchange, but also fulfilling an economic need through hyperlinking, interactivity and multimodality.

The MSME workshop in partnership with SDF and KCCI held in Kano was an eye-opening event for the MSME’s in Kano. The event has raised awareness on the mandates of the Development Bank of Nigeria and its commitment to financing business through provision of loans to MSMEs. The Development Bank of Nigeria also highlighted the onboarding of Non-Interest Banks such as JAIZ and TAJ Bank to bridge the financial divide that had for too long held the region back. The event has raised the hope of entrepreneurs that the Development Bank of Nigeria is committed to  enhancing the future of the MSMEs in kano and the northern region at large.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is increasingly being recognized as a key enabler in promoting knowledge-based growth, creating jobs, and boosting long-term economic prosperity for both developed and developing countries. The Nigerian ICT sector contributed 15% to the nation’s GDP in 2020 and grew by 6.47% in Q1 2021, making it the fastest growing sector in the economy. The sector’s importance has also been recognized by the Federal Government which has organized several projects, such as the planned $500 million Nigeria Innovation Programme and the $20million BOI tech fund, to fund the sector.