Category : ECONOMY

One of the gains of President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent visit to the US is the announcement of the World Bank plan to provide a $2.1...

A delegation of influential African business leaders is in Israel with AJC’s Project Interchange (PI) and Africa Institute to learn about the country’s information and...

Makerere University Business School through its economic think-tank, [Mubs Economic Forum] recently partnered with Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, a German political foundation, hosting an economic performance debate...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday trimmed its forecast for global economic growth for this year to take into account the impact of recent...

There has been a chronic failure among economists to explain growth in Africa. The methods and analytical angles they have used to explain relative failure...

The latest payment would have further shrunk Egypt’s total foreign debt, which dropped to $39.9 billion in the third quarter ending in March from $45.29...

Mr. Femi Falana Wants N’Assembly to repeal law Ejiofor Alike
 A constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana, has stated that...

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved an US$200 million credit to Lagos State to support a range of reforms pertaining to fiscal sustainability,...

Hassan Masiky    :   Born in Kenitra, Morocco and based in Washington, Hassan Masiky ([email protected]) is a Blogger and freelance writer. Hassan is a former...

The relationship between government and private companies should be nurtured as this will assist to re-industrialise the economy.  This was said by the Deputy Director-General...

Washington – Morocco is set to position itself as an investment and trade bridge linking Africa and Europe, wrote on Monday media company “Bloomberg” on its website....

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BY : DAN KEELER Nigeria has lost its crown as the most-watched frontier market in the latest maket index . As multinationals adapt to changing economic drivers,...

By ADRIENNE KLASA In 1992, one year after the end of the apartheid era in South Africa, the two leaders that would broker the country’s...

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, through its Sustainability programme, FirstBank Sustainability Centre is hosting a Sustainable Business Executive Programme for corporate executives in charge of...

Oil group OPEC agreed to stick by its policy of unconstrained output for another six months on Friday, setting aside warnings of a second lurch...

Ruth Ndichu. Tax policy is closely linked to the economic growth in a country and any changes to the tax regime are bound to have...

Nigeria’s former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said her successor will face a “difficult” year because of plunging oil revenues and the economy needs expert management...

The outlook for Angola’s oil sector remains broadly positive, with highly prospective offshore acreage and a number of major projects under development. However, sustained lower...

A report says Africa is at the centre of many corporate growth strategies – its economy has grown nearly 3 percentage points faster than global...