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Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili, former World Bank Vice President and Co-Founder of global anti-corruption body, Transparency International, gave this presentation on the potentials of the Nigerian economy last Saturday in Abuja. Using China and Singapore as case studies, the renowned public …
Continue readingThe whole world is looking to one presidential election at the moment: the United States of America. The policies of one of the most powerful nations, largely driven by the president, will affect us all.
US engagement in Africa has …
Continue readingThe recent sustained attention given to the economic performance of Africa is a sharp departure from the usual negative and patronising representation of the continent in the global media. The old narrative represented a continent riddled by wars, famines, disease …
Continue readingThe economic and political reach of the US, arguably the most visible and vocal Western country on the African continent, is gradually being diminished. This follows a pattern in which the economic and political stronghold of Western countries has ebbed …
Continue readingFor a robust understanding of this exposition, let’s embark on a brief revision of basic Economics. An opportunity cost is the alternative that must be done without whenever a decision is made to pursue a certain action. For example, deciding …
Continue readingThe Democratic Republic of Congo has signed a landmark $200 million deal with donors to tackle deforestation and reduce carbon emissions as part of a wider plan to protect the tropical forests of the Congo Basin. Congo, home to the …
Continue readingSouth Africa and Iran have agreed to increase non-oil trade and investment to a billion dollars by 2020. This emerged on Sunday after talks between President Jacob Zuma and Iran’s counterpart President Hassan Rouhani. Speaking during the South Africa-Iran Business …
Continue readingThe Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode presented this paper at the London School of Economics, Africa Summit 2016. I felt the paper had a lot of depth and content useful for those interested in the finer details so …
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The monthly Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, meeting was held the other day in Abuja, with the representatives of state governments again cap in hand, asking for their share of federal revenue – read: oil revenue, or better still, …
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The present Senate serving the Nigerian people runs the risk of being remembered as the worst since 1999. Public Relations Consultants and media officials of this particular Senate have done their part flooding both the print and the online …
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