OPINION/EDITORIAL

After a cautious start, Africa’s policymakers should accelerate the implementation and adoption of AfCFTA

April 22, 2021/Edelman Vinod Madhavan, Head of Trade at Standard Bank Group   Africa’s policymakers need to ensure that the momentum behind the African Continental Free-trade Area (AfCFTA) is not lost following the trading bloc’s launch in January. This initiative could act a much-needed stimulus for the continent’s economies in […]

BUA Refinery: More is Better

April 21, 2021/Proshare by CSL Research BUA Group, one of the leading business conglomerates in Nigeria, recently signed a progress acknowledgement statement for Axens, a French firm that prides itself in powering integrated solutions worldwide. This acknowledgment is coming after an agreement reached by the two parties on 1 September […]

Budget Shortfalls and Revenue Underperformance

April 21, 2021/Proshare by FBNQuest Research The latest CBN monthly report reinforces our often stated view on the FGN’s public finances. Expenditure is not running away from the budget targets. Indeed aggregate FGN spending in March-December 2020 exceeded the pro-rata monthly budget of NGN901bn once fractionally, another time by 11% […]