OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana: Pre-COVID, COVID and Post-COVID

Culled—Proshare September 25, 2020 By FDC Ltd  Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana are three of the largest economies in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) with a collective economic size that is 49.37% of the region’s GDP. They are also the most affected by the coronavirus, accounting for 66.39% of total infections […]

DMO Moving Steadily to Its Funding Target

Culled—Proshare September 25, 2020 By FBNQuest Research   At this month’s FGN bond auction, the DMO offered N145bn across the four re-issues, raised N104bn (US$270m) and attracted a total bid of N360bn. The marginal rates were between 70bps and 96bps lower than in August. The total bid was swollen by a […]

IMF Weekend Read: Communism, Carbon and COVID-19

September 25, 2020/IMF COMMUNISM, CARBON AND COVID-19 “I vividly remember getting up at 4 o’clock in the morning, queueing up to buy milk for my daughter,” said Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in a new Oxfam podcast. “I also vividly remember my mother losing her life-long savings to hyperinflation.” How worried should […]