World Bank has said that Nigeria’s efforts at reducing poverty might hit rocks if certain economic issues are not addressed. These issues include: low human capital, labor market weaknesses and exposure …
Radarr Africa Business Desk
Radarr Africa Business Desk
The Radarr Africa Business Desk reports daily on companies, markets, banking, energy, technology and policy across Nigeria and Africa. Stories are reviewed and edited by The Radarr Africa Editorial Team in Lagos. Story tips and corrections: business@radarr.africa.
- EconomyWestern Africa
NCBA Group’s net earnings for the first three months of the year rose 20 per cent to Sh3.41 billion up from Sh2.84 billion last year on strong business development. The bank’s …
- PoliticsSecurityWestern Africa
”I promised that we would be fully supportive of that project,” UN Secetary General Antonio Guterres said on issue of Nigeria’s integration of insurgents, calling it key to peace.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated that expanding facilities to reintegrate surrendering Islamist rebels in northeastern Nigeria was a critical step toward attaining peace in Africa’s most populous country. Nigeria …
Bitcoin’s latest fans are about as far as you can get from Silicon Valley crypto bros. War-torn Central African Republic (CAR) on Wednesday adopted the digital currency as legal tender …
The head of Nigeria’s sovereign investment authority NSIA said Nigeria had to buy emergency supplies of Canadian potash in April after the country was unable to import the key fertilizer …
With Kenya’s general elections fast approaching, tension between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his vice-president, William Ruto is mounting.**President Kenyatta has asked his Deputy to resign claiming he did not act …
Emergency response services on Monday confirmed the killing of eight people with many feared trapped in a collapsed, three-story residential building has collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city. “Twenty-three people …
The Senegalese national team has been sanctioned by Fifa for the incidents that took place during the second leg of the World Cup 2022 qualifying play-off between Senegal and Egypt …
Ethiopian police used tear gas and briefly clashed with young Muslims in the capital on Monday during prayers to mark the end of Ramadan. The Ethiopian capital saw scenes of …
- Eastern AfricaPolitics
Ethiopia rights body sets to investigate uniformed fighters filming abused boy
Ethiopia’s state-appointed human rights mentioned on Monday it was investigating a video exhibiting a gaggle of fighters in Ethiopian military fatigues abusing and capturing a boy they accused of being …