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						<title>PM Bank unveils sector specific microfinance products</title>
						<link>http://www.businessdayonline.com/banking/Micro-Finance/13390.html</link>
						<category>Micro Finance</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
						<description>Prosperity Microfinance Bank limited, the first community bank to be granted a license to practice microfinance banking in Nigeria as well as one of the top leading microfinance banks in Edo State has introduced 13 new products to its customers.</description>
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						<title>Poverty in the midst of plenty microfinance banks</title>
						<link>http://www.businessdayonline.com/banking/Micro-Finance/13376.html</link>
						<category>Micro Finance</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
						<description>It is no news that there is abject poverty in the north. But with the recent revelation by Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), that the level of poverty in Lagos State is the highest in southern Nigeria, there is much cause for concern. This is because, apart from the state being the financial capital of the country, it hosts more than half of the micro finance banks in the federation.</description>
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						<title>IC Global launches broad spectrum microfinance products</title>
						<link>http://www.businessdayonline.com/banking/Micro-Finance/13135.html</link>
						<category>Micro Finance</category>
						<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
						<description>In a bid to serve its customers better, the management of IC—Global Microfinance Bank Limited, has concluded arrangements to launch six new products and a novel mobile banking scheme to enhance the micro economic landscape of Delta State .</description>
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						<title>ACCION presents MSME beneficiaries to World Bank, others</title>
						<link>http://www.businessdayonline.com/banking/Micro-Finance/13064.html</link>
						<category>Micro Finance</category>
						<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
						<description>ACCION Microfinance Thursday presented loan beneficiaries under government’s meduim, small and micro enterprises scheme to the World Bank Project Review Committee, the Central Bank of Nigeria and officials of the Ministry of Finance.</description>
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						<title>FirstGlobal Micro Finance Bank, setting the pace for MFBs in Niger Delta</title>
						<link>http://www.businessdayonline.com/banking/Micro-Finance/12596.html</link>
						<category>Micro Finance</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
						<description>FirstGlobal Micro Finance Bank was the first to come on board in the whole of Niger Delta after the Central Bank’s micro finance bank policy in 2005, and has since solidified its leading edge in the region.</description>
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						<title>FirstGlobal Micro Finance Bank, setting the pace for MFBs in Niger Delta</title>
						<link>http://www.businessdayonline.com/banking/Micro-Finance/12301.html</link>
						<category>Micro Finance</category>
						<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
						<description>FirstGlobal Micro Finance Bank was the first to come on board in the whole of Niger Delta after the Central Bank’s micro finance bank policy in 2005, and has since solidified its leading edge in the region.</description>
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						<title>Express Microfinance Bank launches eight new products</title>
						<link>http://www.businessdayonline.com/banking/Micro-Finance/11944.html</link>
						<category>Micro Finance</category>
						<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
						<description>Express Microfinance Bank Nigeria Limited, one of the fastest growing microfinance banks in Aba, Abia State, has introduced eight new products into the market, geared towards serving its customers better.</description>
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						<title>First Royal Micro Finance Bank raises capital base to N50 million</title>
						<link>http://www.businessdayonline.com/banking/Micro-Finance/11754.html</link>
						<category>Micro Finance</category>
						<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
						<description>First Royal Micro Finance Bank (FRMFB), Calabar, has raised its capital base from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) prescribed N25 million to N50 million in a move to build confidence in the bank.</description>
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						<title>Niger govt. grants N30m to micro-finance banks</title>
						<link>http://www.businessdayonline.com/banking/Micro-Finance/11643.html</link>
						<category>Micro Finance</category>
						<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
						<description>Niger Government has announced a grant of N30 million to six micro-finance banks in the state to package agricultural loans for peasant farmers. </description>
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						<title>Microfinance banks disburse N150m loan to farmers</title>
						<link>http://www.businessdayonline.com/banking/Micro-Finance/11642.html</link>
						<category>Micro Finance</category>
						<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
						<description>As part of the efforts to boost agricultural productivity and tackle food crisis in the state, Muazu Babangida Aliyu, Niger State Governor has flagged off the disbursement of over N150 million agricultural loan to about 4,000 farmers in the state.</description>
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