By Dr. Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer, FirstBank Group The pursuit of making formal financial services accessible at an affordable cost to “hard-to-reach” individuals and businesses—a process called financial inclusion—has received significant global attention in recent years, given its critical importance in systemically driving economic development. According to a World Bank Report, there
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Access to basic utilities is considered the right of every citizen, however, the definition of basic utilities has changed over the years. We have moved ahead from the days when the word utility was synonymous with electricity, water and gas. In today’s world, the internet has also become a necessity rather than a luxury as