GEM restructured to boost SMEs – Enelamah vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, has said that the $160 million World Bank’s growth and employment project was restructured to boost the small and medium enterprise sector and has led to the creation of over 26,000 jobs.World Bank executes 62 community development projects in Borno
Explaining the rationale for restructuring the project, the statement said the World Bank team had modified its existing equity window to a SME investment fund, which was geared at “boosting growth, creating jobs and increasing entrepreneurship”.
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