Nigeria Case Studies Samples For Students

Introduction

Nigeria is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. It is growing at a rate more than 8% for the last decade. But Nigeria also has one of the highest percentages of poor people in the world and the percentage of poor population is continuously increasing. The growth curve of Nigeria is unable to improve the lives of the poor and destitute. As it happens in many developing countries, the mainstream financial institutes in Nigeria completely exclude the poor population from having any access to the financial system. This makes their daily living a perpetual struggle with poverty as ...

A family owned business, or a family business for that matter is may be defined as that business that is started and run by members of a given family lineage. It’s started with a vision shared in the family, and employs mainly members of the family, as well as other professionals to manage the business. Generally though, a family business is run mainly to meet the shared objectives of the family, and also for the benefit of the family.
In most cases, family businesses are managed by one of the family members, who may be advised by professionals and other technical ...

Issues Between Store Norske Spitsberger Kulkompani Corporation

1. Store Norske is considering using Coal India Limited to assist them in their international business operations. What issues will Store Norske have to address with respect to any business transactions between Store Norske and Coal Inida Limited. Discuss.
Store Norske’s manner of partnering with Coal India to assist them in their international business operations is called international joint venture. This is the most common way to go into international business to a) reduce the risk in venturing into a new operation, and b) takes the favorable opportunity of using the skills and assets of the new business ...

Celtel Nigeria

Celtel Nigeria was the second largest mobile telecommunication company in mid-2007. The company had a 28 percent market share and approximately 28 million subscribers. The company had experienced success in its operations in cities and large towns. In mid-2007, Celtel shifted its attention from the cities to the rural regions inhabited by poor consumers. The rural regions have 50 percent of Nigeria’s population providing a massive untapped market. The company has experienced several challenges when reaching the rural customers. Majority of the rural areas had no connection to the national electricity grid and the telecommunication towers had to be run ...

Developing entrepreneurial skills if one would like to engage in managing and owning a business. A business news organization, Inc., recently published an article entitled 5 Essential Skills of an Entrepreneur. The article listed persuasion, leadership, personal accountability, goal orientation, and interpersonal skills as the 5 key skills that the entrepreneurs should have to succeed in business (Stillman, 2014). This paper will present three cases discussing entrepreneurial skills and evaluate what we can learn from them.
Stalla Ify Anumnu of the Federal College of Education (Technical) in Nigeria made a research entitled Knowledge Management and Development of Entrepreneurial Skills Among ...

Shell Oil focuses its justification for its actions on the development projects it has taken on in the Nigerian Delta. These projects is a new gas plant that liquefies the natural gas and reduces pollution. In defense of this Achebe was quoted as saying "The whole local economy around Bonny will benefit-small contractors, welders, electricians." . Part of the motivation for this were the wide spread protests against Shell Oil Co., the oil exploitation in the region and the wide spread destruction it caused. These protests were causing the oil producers, including Shell Oil Co. millions of dollars each year. Shell ...

Introduction

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is one of the leading financial service institutions in Nigeria and West Africa, listed on the Nigerian Stock exchange, UBA is rapidly evolving into Pan African Service institution. Several ratios were applied on the financial data of the company and there were areas where the company performed well while in other areas there are valid concerns.

Financial Analysis

There are various ratios that showed that the company had improved in terms of profit in the period 2007 to 2008. The following ratios showed positive growth.
Net Profit Ratio: Net profit ratio increased from a figure ...

Qualitative research methods such as case studies, comparative and historical approaches have gained popularity and relevance as research methods within the field of social research such as international relations. This prominence has mainly been attributed to the unique features and advantages that these methods enjoy over other research methods in the study of complex social phenomena, events, groups, relations and communities within specific contexts (Becker, Bryman & Ferguson, 2012). Further, the capability of some of these research methodologies, such as case studies, to provide researchers with the ability or possibility of developing theories, evaluating programs and developing appropriate interventions has ...

Summary

It is generally agreed by economists and finance specialists that the 21st century is Africa’s century. Growth in the continent now averages 6% over the last five years. It is believed that for Africa’s development to be sustainable, the largest economies in the four main regional blocs (that is Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa) have to be stable economically. The stability of a currency is one attribute of a stable economy. A lot, therefore, can be said about the stability of a country by examining the stability of its currency. Factors contributing to the strength of a country's currency might ...

1. A world View that is not already addressed in the book:
The case study on Religion and the State by Christine E. Gudorf describes several issues that arise during the meeting among officials from agriculture, health and population departments. The largest part covered in the case study is the issue of health and population. The characters argue about what should be done to control the rising population. Nigeria is one of the highly populated countries in the region and the State feels that the state law should be used to prosecute those who decide to give birth ...

Chapter 9: What are the differing views of the culture of individualism versus communalism?

The case study on Chapter 9 pitches the concept of economic development model of the western world as implemented in Southwestern Nigeria. The economic planning model being espoused hinges on greater productivity and decreased pollution. While this is an ideal development path in the western world, it contradicts the local people’s beliefs, specifically of the Yoruba villages. While they agree on increased production, it hinges on the role of their women. If they will have less children and just two wives, their economic and social roles will be affected. In the first place, polygamy is practiced by the ...

Introduction

United Bank for Africa is one of the fastest growing banks in the African continent. It was formed in 1961 in Nigeria and has its headquarters in Lagos. Universally, it has more than 6 million customers, and has 750 operational branches distributed in almost 20 countries in Africa. It prides of its existence in USA, France and UK. The bank was formed through a merger agreement with Standard Trust Bank in 2005. The bank is listed in Nigerian Stock Exchange. It became the holding company in 2011.
UBA uses the International Financial Accounting Standards (IFRS) as its major accounting ...

Human Resource Management Predicament in Multicultural Organization in China

The current business trends towards globalization require that organizations manage their human resources in a manner that enhances communication and integration of employees to increase productivity. The increasing globalization also implies that people can work in organizations in different localities from their origin, and thus, this has seen increment of intergroup differences within organizations. As companies seek to employ the best performing employees, cultural differences increase within these organizations because talented employees cannot theoretically and practically originate solely from the same culture or locality. The role of human resource management in such organizations is therefore quite challenging. Managing the diverse ...