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It is often said that a country’s leadership is a reflection of its people. But Nigerians will wonder how in the very year that they desired and worked for true change in governance, the gods conspired to gift them the …
Continue readingGhana is losing ground in the race to spur growth and entrepreneurship. The Economic Freedom Index is an annual report using objective measurements to determine the level of economic freedom for all countries of the world for which there are …
Continue readingThe World Bank and other development partners have revealed that the total money transfers by African migrants to their region or country of origin surged by 3.4% to $35.2 billion, in 2015. The sum which includes intra-African transfers, represents 6 …
Continue readingAfrican countries are under pressure following the failure on Sunday by the world’s big oil producers to agree on stabilising oil prices after months of uncertainty. The Organisation of Petroleum Producing and Exporting Countries (OPEC) met in Qatari …
Continue readingIn making this public intervention, I seek to highlight the benefit of global relationships and cooperation in a world that is changing daily as a result of globalisation and transborder economics, social and even criminal activities where no one is …
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Watch out all you dollar hoarders: the Chinese yuan is coming for you. Many financial analysts think the dollar under your pillow may soon be worth less than the rate at which you bought it. They think you run …
Continue readingSenegal has created Air Senegal, a new national airline intended to replace the nation’s defunct and heavily indebted carrier Senegal Airlines. The country’s minister of tourism and air transport, Maimouna Ndoye Seck, during the announcement, said the new company was …
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One of the pre-conditions for free, fair and credible elections is a coherent, unambiguous legal framework. This is so because elections are predicated on the viability and potency of a legal architecture anchored on the principles of inclusion, integrity, …
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Imagine you are China. You sell a lot of stuff to the world. In fact, your whole economy is based on selling things to the world. You have an incentive to make trade as smooth …
Continue readingThe Boko Haram insurgency has caused $9 billion of damage in six northern Nigerian states since 2011, according to the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. At least $6 billion is needed for “immediate and near-term stabilization,” Osinbajo’s office said …
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