Author: InvestAdvocate

IMF/World Bank Meetings: Dangote Champions Infrastructure and Job Creation as Catalysts for Africa’s Economic Growth

April 20, 2026/Dangote Group Africa’s leading industrialist and President and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has reaffirmed the central role of infrastructure development, job creation, and private sector investment in accelerating Africa’s economic transformation. Dangote made this assertion during a series of high-level engagements with global financial […]

A Generation Under Siege as Nigeria’s Drug Crisis Deepens

April 18, 2026 By Blaise Udunze This piece speaks directly to the current consciousness of many Nigerians as some crises erupt with noise, explosions of violence, economic shocks, political upheavals and then some unfold quietly, steadily, almost invisibly, until their consequences become impossible to ignore. Nigeria today is living through […]

Headline Inflation Reverses Disinflationary Trend Amid Rising Energy Prices

April 16, 2026/Coronation Update Summary Nigeria’s headline inflation reversed its disinflationary trajectory in March 2026, printing at 15.38% y/y, the first year-on-year uptick since April 2025, driven primarily by a sharp surge in energy costs as PMS prices climbed to N1,200–N1,400/litre amid geopolitical tensions disrupting supply through the Strait of […]