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BusinessDay to award top 100 promising SMEs

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BusinessDay will be awarding Nigeria’s top 100 most promising small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) who have been able to scale their businesses despite the country’s difficult operating business environment.

The SMEs to be awarded are those making serious waves in the country’s entrepreneurship ecosystem in 2022 and were drawn across various sectors of the Nigerian economy.

The award themed ‘How SMEs can thrive in an age of volatility’ is scheduled to hold on Friday, January 20th, 2023 at the Stable, Surulere, will bring together policymakers and stakeholders in the Nigerian entrepreneurship ecosystem.

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The criteria used in selecting the 100 SMEs include but are not limited to, growth, profitability, the structure of the business, and potential for growth among others.

The speakers for the event include; Ayokunnumi Abraham, head of SME products and segment, Union Bank; Oparinde Babatunde, director of the special project, Yellow Card; Abayomi Awobokun, co-founder, Orbit54; Anne Welsh, founder/CEO, Painless Universal; Ekundayo Ayeni, CEO, Businessplus USA and Olufolake Ikumapayi, head SME Unit, LSETF.

Others are; Joseph Nnanna, chief economist, Development Bank of Nigeria; Babatunde Akin Moses, CEO/cofounder, Sycamore; Ngozi Angela Ogwo, partner/CEO, Grant Thornton; Peter Nwofia, partner, Tax &Regulatory Service and Uzorchukwu Obienu, partner, KPMG among others.

The sponsors of the 2022 BusinessDay top 100 promising SMEs include Union Bank, Yellow Card, Mazars, Lasena, NGX Exchange and Autocheck.