Tag "Nigeria"
Automation will make countries with a youth bulge more volatile
Automation is on track to disrupt the status quo everywhere, but nations with a youth bulge will be more affected than others.
Should investors keep giving the Buhari administration the benefit of the doubt?
Despite Nigeria’s recession investors keep buying Nigerian bonds. But will the Buhari administration deliver on economic reform?
Bloc to bloc: why ECOWAS cannot sign the EU’s EPA
Another European EPA hits a wall in Africa as Nigeria – the continent’s largest economy – continues to reject a West African deal.
Under the Radar: Cameroon’s crackdown is creating internet refugees
Cameroon’s internet blackout is stoking regional unrest, threatening trade and creating internet refugees as a humanitarian crisis looms in the background.
Under the Radar: Sukuk bonds boom in West Africa
West Africa has long been under-serviced by Islamic finance, yet 2016 is seeing major growth in sukuk issuances, with domestic and foreign interest piqued.
Akinwunmi Adesina: A new era for the African Development Bank
Akinwunmi Adesina implemented bold policy reforms in Nigeria’s agricultural sector, with innovative agricultural investment programs to expand opportunities for all. These reforms are only being continued and expanded under his leadership of the African Development Bank.
The Week Ahead
UK votes on Brexit. Nigeria shifts exchange rates. Yellen speaks to Congress. Egyptian courts rule on islands. The AIIB holds its first meeting.
Nigeria’s economy is crumbling under the burden of corruption and low oil prices
Low oil prices and rampant corruption severely affect Nigeria’s economy and threaten to disturb a fragile balance between the country’s ethnic and religious communities.
How Aliko Dangote became the builder of modern Africa
In a continent where few billionaires venture into manufacturing, Dangote, the continent’s richest man, has seized the mantle as Africa’s industrializer.
China deal will not solve Nigeria’s problems
Nigeria secured 6 billion USD worth of investments from China, but short-term economic gains are hurting long-term parity of the relationship.
