OPINION/EDITORIAL

Oil Market Tightens As Second COVID Wave Looms

July 17, 2020/OilPrice.com Bullish data from the EIA and promises from OPEC+ to eradicate under-compliance boosted oil markets, but fears of a second wave of COVID-19 cases are keeping a cap on oil prices. Friday, July 17th, 2020 The big oil market news of the week was the easing of […]

Infrastructure is so much more than bricks and mortar

Five years ago, the Ecobank Foundation collaborated with the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) to design a strategy that would help us become the ‘go-to’ partner in Africa July 16, 2020/Ecobank Foundation By Carl Manlan and Michael Mapstone Often when people speak about the need for infrastructure development in Africa, they are discussing […]

The Next Phase of the Crisis: Further Action Needed for a Resilient Recovery

July 16, 2020/IMFBlog By Kristalina Georgieva When the Group of Twenty industrialized and emerging market economies (G-20) finance ministers and central bank governors last met in April, the world was in the midst of the Great Lockdown forced by the outbreak of COVID-19. As they meet virtually this week, many […]