By Margaret Adam The Management Consultant and Program Manager of the Central Bank of Nigeria South-South Entrepreneurship Development Center, Mr. Emeka Nnamani, has assured the public that the center is not folding up as speculated but that the five years agreement reached between the Cross River State Government, Central Bank and its implementing partners has
By Margaret Adam Mr. Louis Ibok, General Manager, Investment Funding and Credit, Cross River State Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agency (CRS MEDA) has urged entrepreneurs to start with grants instead of loans. Mr. Ibok gave the counsel on Sunday as a guest on “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo”, a topical issue radio program that holds
By Margaret Adam The Chief Executive Officer of La Shakara Branding and Clothing, Mr. Joseph Edet has disclosed that he started his business with N10,000. He added that most entrepreneurs today make the mistake of expecting people to give them resources and forget that information is what is actually needed to get what they desire.
By Ushang Ewa CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that the Cross River State Finance Commissioner, Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr, had turned down appearing on a radio program; ‘The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo’ on Hit 95.9 FM Calabar to sing karaoke in his father’s hotel, Channels View Hotel. Mr. Ekpenyong had being invited to join the Special Adviser
By Archibong Jeremiah Architect John Etim Bassey, Director General of the Cross River State Investment Promotion Bureau, has revealed that plans are underway to hold the first Cross River State Local Government Economic Summit in March 2019. According to him the summit will hold across the eighteen Local Government Areas of the State but will
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has for the first time explained that the reason behind the decision to present NGN1.3 trillion as estimated spending for the year 2018. He said it was because the investment outlay for the year is more than that. Mr. Ayade disclosed this while
By Magaret Adam An inferno from an unknown source has gutted a section of the popular Marian market Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The fire is said to have began in the early hours of Monday (today), around 1am and affected four lanes of the market, Items destroyed by the fire include clothes, electricals,
By Philip Agba