July 30, 2021/Proshare By FBNQuest Research  Nigeria’s current-account deficit narrowed in Q1 ’21 from -4.7% to -1.8% of GDP. This was the result of lower net outflows for trade, services and income, together with a welcome pick-up in net transfers (workers’ remittances and general government transactions). Nigeria is fairly new […]

July 29, 2021/Baker McKenzie Johannesburg By Lerisha Naidu, Partner, and Angelo Tzarevski, Senior Associate,  Competition and Antitrust Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg  Digitisation has ushered in an era of hyper-connectivity, marked by disruptive digital platforms that operate on a global scale. According to Refinitiv data, 37 cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) […]

July 29, 2021/IMFBlog By Tobias Adrian and Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli History moves in uneven steps. Just as the telegraph erased time and distance in the 19th century, today’s innovations in digital money may bring significant changes in the way we lead our lives. The shift to electronic payments and social interactions […]