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Nigeria’s problem is low exports, not high imports

Lolade Akinmurele Jan 16, 2024

Wherever you look – imports or exports, Nigeria is punching well below its weight. BusinessDay’s report on Monday debunking the...

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How Nigeria can move from net food importer to exporter

Josephine Okojie Jul 21, 2023

For Nigeria to maximise its agric value chain opportunities, boost foreign exchange earnings and transit from a net importer to...

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What does Africa produce?

Chris Akor Jul 13, 2023

In the 1970s through the 1990s, during the heady days of pan-Africanism and dependency theory, it was taken as gospel...

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Has Nigeria’s 2015 FX ban on imports worked?

Mercy Ayodele Sep 17, 2020

It’s been five years since Nigeria resorted to restricting some food items from accessing foreign exchange to boost local production...

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Buhari sparks dismay over policy shift on food imports

Anthony Nlebem Aug 14, 2019

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is coming under fire after calling for the central bank to stop providing the foreign currency needed to pay the country’s vast food import bill. ...

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Why food import is rising rather than export in Africa- FARA

Anthony Nlebem Apr 17, 2019

Yemi Akinbamijo, executive director, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana, has stressed the need for the African continent...