Nigeria runs on small business — from the shop owner on your street to the startup that just raised a funding round you saw on Twitter. But running a business here comes with its own set of money problems: registering with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), navigating multiple taxes from federal and state authorities, pricing your goods when the exchange rate you import at changes every month, and finding funding when banks are cautious and investors are choosy. This section covers the money side of building a business in Nigeria and across Africa — entrepreneurship and SME finance, startup funding and the venture capital landscape, business taxation, and the pricing and cash-flow decisions that determine whether a business survives its first two years. Whether you’re formalising a side hustle, running an SME trying to protect its margins from inflation, or building a startup chasing its first round, this is the practical side of African business we don’t see covered enough. Explore: Entrepreneurship & SMEs, Startups & Funding and Business Finance & Tax. For how national economic policy affects your business costs, see Economy Decoded.
