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“Beat Diabetes”: A global health commitment for 2016
This year, the World Health Organization selected Diabetes as the priority area of global public health concern for…
Dangote: Championing Africa to Africa investment
For years, African economists and analysts have bemoaned the negligible rate of ‘Africa to Africa’ trade and…
A business case for corporate social intelligence
Economic systems evolve to meet human needs, like the agrarian, feudal, and mercantile systems before it capitalism…
X-raying the role of BDC sub-sector in economic…
Bureau de change (BDC) industry remains a critical sector in economic development and wealth creation. A…
S&P’s ratings affirmation signals policy on right…
Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s on Friday revised Nigeria’s sovereign credit outlook down to negative from…
Lekki Gardens: Looking beyond the building collapse
Since after the collapse of a five-storey building, still under construction, in the Lekki area of Lagos with loss…
Fruitful China-Nigeria Economic and trade Cooperation
Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa with vast lands and abundant natural resources. It is also the most…
Financial Discipline: Making every naira count
Economists have long found Nigeria to be something of a conundrum. The macro picture has always appeared…
Socio-economic implications of school children abduction
About two years ago, over 200 Nigerian school girls were abducted by the miscreant group known as Boko Haram and…
Corporate tenancy in Lagos is slowing
Now is not the best time to for Class A commercial property in Lagos, more specifically the Lagos Island. About six…
Prospects for fossil fuels as renewable energy attracts…
Against the backdrop of a world where investments for renewable energy technologies have surpassed investments in…
Sukuk: SEC’s master stroke for deepening the capital…
Sukuk issuance is growing at a very fast rate across the world. In Africa, Senegal, Ivory Coast and South Africa…