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How NEXIM is powering Nigeria’s quest to grow non-oil exports
Over the past three years, the Nigeria Export-Import (NEXIM) Management Team has implemented a suite of reform initiatives, which have helped to reposition it as a well-managed non-oil…
How COVID-19 impacted policy measures in Nigeria
Nigeria was still grappling with recovery from 2016’s oil-induced economic recession when the pandemic struck.
In the spirit of economic recovery and growth sustainability, the Nigerian…
Rose from concrete: What Tupac’s poem teaches about enabling environment
“Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned how to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping its dreams; it…
Opposing fuel price increase will return queues, hurt economy
The price of crude oil in the last two weeks rallied between $59 and $62 per barrel, the highest in thirteen months. This was after oil price sank to historical lows in the wake of the…
The Austin’s five forces model for transformation
New beginnings (such as the current pandemic) bring about opportunities for transformation if we suppress current realities and augment possibilities. This enables us to adopt agile…
Africa’s recovery from covid-19 will be slow
At first glance, sub-Saharan Africa appears to have avoided the worst of the pandemic. It has 14% of the world’s population but, even as it is drenched by a second wave, just 3% of known…
Even before covid-19, nightclubs were struggling
In normal times it is notoriously difficult to get past the bouncers at Berghain, a techno nightclub in eastern Berlin. But in September the establishment flung its doors wide: anyone could…
How to forge inclusive economic recovery in Nigeria
The spread of COVID-19 in many African countries has been more contained and the death toll slightly reduced than some had expected in 2020. However, economists have predicted that the…
FirstBank’s commitment to grooming ‘children entrepreneurs’ holds lessons for…
Ask financial literacy experts when they consider the best time to introduce children to money matters and they would say it should be as early as possible. The reason for their position is…
AFC: Plugging the gaps to drive lucrative trade in Africa
Africa’s infrastructural needs are just as many as its untapped potentials for growth. Fixing these infrastructural deficits cutting across several spheres to unlock growth on the continent,…