Kogi State Trains 2,310 Youths in CNG Conversion to Tackle Unemployment, Boost Local Economy
Kogi State has partnered with Sufpay Ltd to empower 2,310 youths with CNG conversion skills across 21 LGAs. The Kogi...
Economy
What Tinubu said at signing ceremony of Nigeria’s new tax bills
The chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji, described the day as the happiest day of his life....
AfDB backs $100m project for Africa’s first urban cable car in Kigali
The African Development Bank has approved a $500,000 grant to support a feasibility study for the Kigali Urban Cable Car...
Rwanda: African Development Bank kickstarts pioneering cable car project in Kigali
The African Development Bank has approved a grant of $500,000 to undertake a feasibility study into the first phase of...
Weekly snapshot on the African Economy
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Nigeria Private Sector Credit in Nigeria Hits N77.9trn Nigerian private sector lending...
Assessing a Climb Back For Nigeria to Apex from Abyss in Africa – by Collins Nweke
Assessing a Climb Back For Nigeria to Apex from Abyss in Africa – by Collins Nweke A little over...
President Tinubu Establishes National Credit Guarantee Company with Initial Capital of N100bn
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the establishment of the National Credit Guarantee Company (NCGC), a transformative institution designed...
Senegal vs Côte d’Ivoire: Who will claim West Africa’s fastest‑growing economy?
Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s push to reduce dependence on foreign powers stands in sharp contrast with Alassane Ouattara’s liberal economic model....
Ivory Coast leads first-quarter GDP growth in francophone West Africa
TLDR West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) zone's economy grew 5.1% in Q1 2024, driven by steady economic activity....
RECAP: State of Democratic Freedom in Africa
Narratives around the state of democracy in Africa tend to swing between exuberant optimism and gloomy pessimism. Recent electoral outcomes...
