OPINION/EDITORIAL

Sustained Growth in Digital Payment Industry in November 2021

December 14, 2021/CSL Research Recent data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) showed solid growth across the various e-payments channels for the 11 months of 2021. NIBSS Instant Payment (NIP) transactions recorded a 75.3% y/y and 74.2% y/y growth in transaction value and volume to N241.7tn and 3.1bn, respectively. […]

Following Nigeria’s Example: Developing Marginal Fields Is More Important Than Ever for Africa

Image Credit: AEC December 13, 2021/AEC By NJ Ayuk, Chairman, African Energy Chamber Nigerian energy-industry leaders have been reminiscing lately about the country’s earliest efforts to develop marginal oil and gas fields. That’s because after nearly two decades, Nigeria recently stepped up its marginal-field development efforts, a wise move that […]

Nigeria in 2022: Traversing the Murky Recovery

December 13, 2021/Cordros Report The breakthroughs on Covid-19 vaccines raised optimism that 2021 would be a post-pandemic year of recovery. However, despite ample monetary and fiscal support in advanced countries, the path of recovery has not been entirely smooth as uneven vaccinations rates globally have allowed new mutations of the […]