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Yemisi Edun and FCMB s Gender Equality Triumph By Adewale Okoya

Yemisi Edun and FCMB s Gender Equality Triumph By Adewale Okoya
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FCMB gets $50m from AfDB, increases lending to high impact businesses

FCMB gets $50m from AfDB, increases lending to high impact businesses FCMB gets $50m from AfDB, increases lending to high impact businesses Share Women empowered businesses and local enterprises involved in agribusiness, manufacturing, health care, and renewable energy will have access to long term funding from First City Monument Bank (FCMB), courtesy of a $50million credit facility from the African Development Bank (AfDB). The $50million credit line will narrow the lending gap to underserved segments and complement FCMB’s lending efforts and operations in the Nigerian market. AfDB will disburse the funds to FCMB before the end of this year.

AfDB approves $50 million to FCMB for local, women-owned businesses in Nigeria

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) have approved a loan of $50 million to Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to channel to local enterprises and women-empowered businesses in the agribusiness, manufacturing, healthcare and renewable energy sectors. The disclosure is contained in a public statement titled, ’African Development Bank bolsters women-empowered businesses with $50 million loan to FCMB bank’ issued by the AfDB on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. The statement says that 30% of the funds, which are intended to mitigate the effects of the challenging Covid-19 environment, are earmarked for underserved women-empowered businesses. It also adds that the Bank will provide a technical assistance grant of $200,000 through its Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative supported by the Women Entrepreneurship Finance Initiative. The grant is expected to complement the loan by enabling First City Monument Bank to provide non-

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