{
  "id": 16085080,
  "title": "DBN’s ₦1.4tn MSME funding reaches 1.6m jobs as bank targets two million businesses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/dbns-1-4tn-msme-funding-reaches-1-6m-jobs-as-bank-targets-two-million",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T18:01:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ripples Nigeria",
    "slug": "ripples-nigeria",
    "url": "https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/dbns-%e2%82%a61-4tn-msme-funding-reaches-1-6m-jobs-as-bank-targets-two-million-businesses/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has disbursed a cumulative ₦1.4tn to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), creating approximately 1.6 million jobs nationwide by December 2025. The bank aims to support over two million MSMEs, focusing on women-owned businesses, youth-led enterprises, and enterprises in states with limited financing access. Under its new five-year strategy, DBN plans to expand its reach to more than two million MSMEs, prioritizing gender-focused lending and addressing financing barriers for small businesses.",
  "summary": "The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) says its cumulative disbursements of ₦1.4tn to micro, small and medium enterprises… The post DBN’s ₦1.4tn MSME funding reaches 1.6m jobs as bank targets two million businesses appeared first on Latest Nigeria News | Top Stories from Ripples Nigeria .",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}