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BudgIT Launches the FixOurOil Website

—–Tasks Citizens, CSOs and Media to Leverage the Portal for Participatory Governance January 24, 2022/BudgIT BudgIT Foundation, a civic-tech organisation leading the advocacy for fiscal transparency and accountability in Nigeria and three other African countries, has launched the FixOurOil website, a platform that provides citizens, CSOs and the media with […]

Dangote Refinery to Reduce Africa’s Petroleum Importation by 36%, says APPO

January 19, 2022/Dangote Group African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) has said that the establishment of Dangote Oil Refinery will bring about a 36 per cent reduction in the importation of petroleum productions into the continent. Besides, the organisation expressed a belief that the success of Dangote Refinery project could incentivise the […]

Global Growth to Slow through 2023, Adding to Risk of ‘Hard Landing’ in Developing Economies

January 11, 2022/World Bank Group Spread of COVID-19 Variants Alongside Inflation, Debt, and Inequality Intensifies Uncertainty Following a strong rebound in 2021, the global economy is entering a pronounced slowdown amid fresh threats from COVID-19 variants and a rise in inflation, debt, and income inequality that could endanger the recovery […]