The SME Mall has launched a Women in Business Support Programme designed to help women entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses through business diagnostics, capacity development and access to a N3 million support fund. The initiative seeks to tackle several challenges confronting small and medium-sized businesses in Nigeria, including restricted access to finance, weak financial management systems, inadequate business structures, poor branding, limited technology adoption and regulatory gaps. According to a statement issued on Thursday, the centrepiece of the programme is the SME Mall Business Health Checker. The diagnostic tool is intended to...