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08 AUG 2022Should Nigerian banks be worried about decentralised finance?
A look at how the DeFi revolution will affect Nigeria's banks through the lens of lending.
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05 AUG 2022What happens if Nigeria doesn't stop borrowing?
It’s time to consider options for Nigeria if it cannot repay its loans.
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04 AUG 2022How can NNPC Limited succeed?
Inefficient business practices and weak corporate governance plagued the old NNPC, will the new one fare better?
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03 AUG 2022Buhari's scorecard: a closer look at the power sector
A scorecard on Buhari's campaign promises for power infrastructure.
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02 AUG 2022Can the CBN’s interest rate hike improve investor confidence?
How the efficacy of interest rates and resultant monetary policy success is threatened.
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01 AUG 2022Why is the CBN struggling to defend the naira?
Nigeria's approach to fixing its currency's value hasn't solved the naira's crisis and has received much international criticism.
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29 JUL 2022What's next for Nigeria's looming debt crisis?
Going by the current estimates, Nigeria’s liquidity is drying up fast.
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28 JUL 2022How today’s bad decisions are harming the next generation
The government and the public have a role to play in ensuring that our decisions today don’t worsen the future.
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27 JUL 2022Why does the federal government struggle to meet its revenue targets?
Nigeria’s budget determines how the lives of over 200 million people will fare for at least 365 days, so how do projections get so wrong?
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26 JUL 2022Should Africa be worried about slower VC funding?
With an 82% growth in year-on-year funding for H1 2022 African startups seem to be bucking the trend of global funding winter.
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25 JUL 202210 shocking charts about the Nigerian economy
Prominent data points on economic sectors from government revenue to electricity.
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22 JUL 2022Why is government borrowing a problem for Nigerians?
The federal government now spends more than it earns on debt servicing. Total debt service is over 120% from January to April 2022.
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21 JUL 2022Is Lagos a great city to live in?
Lagos' poor liveability ranking is unanimous across every global city index.
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20 JUL 2022What does Borno’s economy tell us about Shettima’s competence?
Tinubu, Nigeria's ruling party's presidential candidate chose Shettima as his running mate based on competence.
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19 JUL 2022Are banks better off running electricity firms?
Despite chronic debt defaults and huge losses, electricity companies are still essential assets for Nigerian banks.
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18 JUL 2022Why are Nigerian electricity companies so unprofitable?
Eight out of 11 Nigerian electricity companies have either been sold or taken over by banks due to poor financial performance.