Nigeria: Downsizing MDAs to achieve original goals of development
By Dr Joe Anuga The process of governance is not by any means static as the issues requiring the attention of governments are ...
African News
News
African Development Fund invests over $6m to strengthen public finance governance in African countries
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (AFDB) have approved a grant of $6.12 million to help strengthen public finance governance ...
Article
Eight billion people: Veridos recalls great importance of legal identities for everyone
The world’s population has now reached the landmark figure of eight billion people, according to the United Nations. However, one billion people still ...
News
Africa needs climate justice in a warming world, says AXIAN Group CEO
Rich nations must do more to help Africa mitigate the devastating impacts of global warming and offer climate justice to the continent, the ...
News
Fidelity Bank brings the very best Nigerian products to London consumers
More than 1000 excited attendees are getting ready to explore the tastes, the fashions, and the entertainments of Nigeria at an upcoming event ...
Article
Adapt or starve: COP27 spotlights agriculture challenges and solutions in the face of climate change
Small-scale farmers from developing countries produce one-third of the world’s food, yet they only receive 1.7 per cent of climate finance even as ...
Bluemind Foundation publishes 2022 Mental Health Index for young adults in Franco-Africa
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), every day, nearly 20 teenagers commit suicide on the African continent. Suicide is the third ...
People & Politics
Article
For the AfCFTA to deliver on its promise, we must address concerns of entrepreneurs
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will bring down trade barriers on the continent, harmonise trade regulations in all member states and ...
Article
Politics, governance and nation-building
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE There is a need for a society to exist, to be conscious of its existence, and to have a vision. ...
Politics
Farmer organizations meet amid crisis to support small-scale farmers in East and Southern Africa
As crippling spikes in food and energy prices continue to hit East and Southern Africa, the devastating impact of climate change on the ...
Article
Eight billion people: Veridos recalls great importance of legal identities for everyone
The world’s population has now reached the landmark figure of eight billion people, according to the United Nations. However, one billion people still ...
Article
Provincialism, parochialism and underdevelopment
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE By nature, development ‘belongs to those who know it, not those who have it or can buy it.’ It is ...
Article
Adapt or starve: COP27 spotlights agriculture challenges and solutions in the face of climate change
Small-scale farmers from developing countries produce one-third of the world’s food, yet they only receive 1.7 per cent of climate finance even as ...
Article
Put people before profit, experts on human rights and business urge Liberian authorities
Authorities in Liberia, as well as businesses operating there, must prioritize people over profits and ensure a responsible corporate environment, UN-appointed human rights ...
Article
Funds dry up as hunger looms in Mozambique’s north
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that it will be forced to suspend its life-saving assistance to one million people ...
Article
Terrorism intensifying across Africa, exploiting instability and conflict
The growth of terrorism is a major threat to international peace and security, currently felt most keenly in Africa, the deputy UN chief ...
Article
Tinubu and Afenifere’s Curse: Dialogue With Yinka Odumakin’s Ghost
“He is bungling his public speaking engagements with inexplicable verbal accidents at every adlib attempt. It looks like this man’s handlers have lost ...
Business & Economy
Business
ANNOUNCEMENT: CBN completes sale of Polaris Bank to Strategic Capital Investment Limited -SCIL
Announcement of the completion of the sale of shares in Polaris Bank to Strategic Capital Investment Limited (SCIL), a new core investor. The ...
Business
Finance in Africa 2022: Navigating the financial landscape in turbulent times
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has completed its annual survey of banks in Africa in 2022, supported by Making Finance Work for Africa. ...
Business
Afreximbank launches academy to train 8,000 Africans on trade-related subjects
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched the Afreximbank Academy (AFRACAD), a learning, knowledge, and networking hub designed to help advance African trade through ...
Business
Islamic Finance: Move towards open banking set to accelerate
Islamic finance professionals predict regulation of open banking will expand New research shows that most leading Islamic finance professionals expect the sector to ...
Business
EBID commits $450m into Côte D’Ivoire’s economy
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has so far committed a total of XOF 294 billion (equivalent of about USD450 million) ...
