Are Foreign Loans the Only Option for Infrastructure Financing?
By Joseph Ushigiale You may loathe or like former President Olusegun Obasanjo but the one thing you cannot take away…
Why Enugu is the fifth-best economy in Nigeria
By Chido Nwakanma Enugu State celebrated its 29th anniversary in the past week alongside others. Enugu was and remained in…
The Corporate Affairs Controversy
BY OKEY IKECHUKWU (EDIFYING ELUCIDATIONS) The controversy over the revised (and perhaps questionable) 2020 version of the Companies and Allied…
WTO: It’s time for an African to lead the World Trade Organization
By Zuneid Yousuf The scale of the economic impact – as in every region of the global economy – will…
Gas should power post-Covid growth for our low-carbon future
By Olu Verheijen COVID-19 has exacerbated the fragility of West African countries where population growth continues to outpace economic growth,…
Drugs: Let’s Admit We Were Wrong
By Olusegun Obasanjo and Kgalema Motlanthe When we were Presidents of Nigeria and South Africa – the largest economies on…
Why World Bank Suspended ‘Ease of Doing Business’ Rankings
The World Bank has announced the suspension of its flagship “Ease of Doing Business Report, which ranks countries based on…
Fani-Kayode: All Great Journalists Are “Rude”
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. I really didn’t want to comment on Femi Fani-Kayode’s viral communicative primitivism toward Daily Trust’s…
Dangers of Weak and Under-Qualified Governors at Bank of Zambia
Yesterday we spoke about the comedy of appointing a commercial branch manager as deputy governor in charge of operations at…
The Future of Cloud Computing: Moving at the Speed of Business
By Patrick Ndegwa There’s been a definite shift around the discussion about the cloud in Africa. Businesses now accept that…