Downstream deregulation could speed up with Dangote Refinery entry
Bukola Odufade
October 23, 2018
A complete deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry might be inevitable in the next few years, and analysts
Agricultural entrepreneurs are using technology to leverage packaging of local items for international shelves
Temitayo AyetotoOctober 23, 2018
As marketing of agricultural produce rapidly shifts from the traditional open market to structured retail markets, the need for the
External forces to weigh on naira, as economic calendar remains light ahead of elections
Businessam StaffOctober 23, 2018
An appreciating dollar, prospects of higher US interest rates, jitters ahead of the 2019 general elections and geopolitical tensions
Union Bank to intensify interventions in Nigeria’s educational infrastructure
Businessam StaffOctober 23, 2018
Union Bank of Nigeria plc, one of the country’s oldest financial institutions, said on Tuesday that it would intensify its
Nigerians won’t mind high inflation if interest rates are kept low, CBN survey
Adesola AfolabiOctober 22, 2018
The results of an inflation attitudes survey conducted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the third quarter of 2018, shows that
Balance of payment vulnerable to shocks as CBN spends $4.2bn in 6 months on FX marketof
Adesola AfolabiOctober 22, 2018
The $4.2 billion of the country’s foreign exchange (FX) reserves spent by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the foreign
Africapitalism, financial inclusion, and the informal sector
Nicholas AlloOctober 22, 2018
During a previous trip into Lagos, I received a call from an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) representative for Nigeria. This
Transition from fossil fuel- powered vehicles to electric cars: Future outlook for opec member states
CHIJIOKE NWAOZUZUOctober 22, 2018
In 2009, Margaret Atwood wrote a piece titled ‘The Future without Oil’ for a German Newspaper, Die Zeit. In that famous article, she
Echoes of farm insurance at brokers’ conference
Francis EwheridoOctober 22, 2018
Insurance brokers in the country had their national conference on Thursday, October 18. As usual the conference brought to fore sundry
Infrastructure to worsen in 2019 as FG cuts CAPEX by 10.54%
Nse Anthony-Uko in AbujaOctober 22, 2018
Of N500bn cut, N330bn is from CAPEX CAPEX now 27% vs. recurrent at 73% The Nigerian government is putting the butcher’s knife through