Crypto Winter Hits Africa, as Paxful Shuts Down
Paxful, a global Bitcoin marketplace with strong roots in Africa, is shutting down operations and returning funds to users. The…
Cote d’Ivoire Joins Others, Set to Launch National Startup Act
Cote d’Ivoire is set to join other African countries such as Senegal, Tunisia among others as it announced plans to…
Inflation erodes national minimum wage by 41% – Report
Nigeria’s spiralling inflation rate has eroded the N30,000 monthly national minimum wage by more than 40 percent since 2019, a…
Why Nigeria’s debt is on the rise – DMO
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has attributed Nigeria’s increasing debt stock to a combination of factors, including borrowings and the…
Raising the bar of expectation while accelerating access to safe surgical care in Africa
By Dr Juliette Tuakli We celebrate World Health Day on April 7th, 2023, and I thought it is a good…
World Bank put Nigeria’s growth recovery for 2023 at 3.1%
The latest World Bank report indicates that growth recovery in Nigeria for the year is still fragile as oil production…
Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt Slowing Regional Growth, Says World Bank
The underperformance of Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt and other African big economies is slowing down the continent’s economic growth, the…
FG secures $800m World Bank facility for fuel subsidy removal palliatives
The Federal Government has secured a $800 million World Bank facility for fuel subsidy removal palliatives. The Minister of Finance,…
Buhari Approves N320.3bn Intervention Fund for Tertiary Institutions
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N320.3 billion as the 2023 Intervention Funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country.…
10th NASS Leadership: PDP, LP, Other Minority Parties Form Alliance to Produce Reps Speaker
The minority caucuses in the House of Representatives have commenced the process of alliance to present a unified front ahead…