Business Policies

Surging inflation is undermining the recovery of Africa’s biggest economy, pushing 7 million Nigerians into poverty and encouraging criminality as rising prices deplete already meagre incomes, according to the World …

The head of the World Trade Organization said on Saturday she hoped that post-Brexit tensions between Britain and the European Union would not escalate into a trade war. “I would …

Nigeria’s decision to suspend Twitter indefinitely could backfire for the government and cost the country economically in terms of new investments into its technology sector. The Nigerian government suspended Twitter …

Global Airways and Harith General Partners to take a 51% shareholding in-state airline. South Africa agreed to sell a majority stake in the country’s grounded national carrier to a local …

The total value of debts owed by Nigeria as at March 31, 2021, now stands at N33.1 trillion ($87.2 billion), the Debt Management Office (DMO) has disclosed. The debts comprise …

​Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has issued an operating licence to SpaceX, an American aerospace company owned by Elon Musk. The licence, which is valid for six years, will enable SpaceX …

A recent research paper by Visa has shown that the top market contributors to eCommerce in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) over the last 3 years were South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya, …

In 1938, French colonial authorities in what is today Mali started on an ambitious infrastructure plan to transform the desert into an area of agricultural production. Water was diverted from …

Ecobank of Nigeria in conjunction with Vanguard, recently hosted a virtual agribusiness summit which had as its theme, “Digitizing the Agricultural Value Chain for Unlocking Productivity, Economic Growth and Food …

The Naira gained 0.23 per cent or 94 kobo against the United States Dollar at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window of the foreign exchange market on Wednesday, June 2. …