OPINION/EDITORIAL

Cape Town and Dubai Battle Over Africa’s Energy Future-Op-Ed

It was such a shock that the Africa Energy Chamber (AEC) shortly afterward announced it was sponsoring Africa Energy Week on the same weekend (November 8-12) as the (Out of) Africa Oil Week June 24, 2021 by Duggan Flanakin It was quite a shock to Africa Energy Chamber Executive Director […]

Building a Better Digital Economy

IMF First Deputy Managing Director Geoffrey Okamoto Remarks to IDB Miami-LAC Conference June 24, 2021/IMF The Light Box at Wynwood — Miami, Florida As Prepared for Delivery I want to thank the IDB for inviting me to be here with all of you this week. As a technologist, who then […]

Q1 2021 Debt Figure: A Good Reason for Higher External Debt Service

June 24, 2021/United Capital Research The FGN’s external debt service payments amounted to USD1.00bn in Q1 ’21, a combination of USD760m and USD240m due to market and non-market creditors respectively. Once we exclude the FGN’s decision to pay down the USD500m Eurobond maturing in January and therefore ease its debt […]