June 19, 2020/United Capital Report Monetary Policy in Africa: Shooting for growth In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, global monetary policy authorities have launched several expansionary programs, to cushion the virus’ negative economic effect on growth. African economies were no different, as the pandemic posed a threat to decades […]

Financial Markets: Review & Outlook June 19, 2020/Cordros Report The case for the weak performance of the Nigerian equities market over the years has been tied back to a dearth of strong, market-friendly policy reforms. At the start of 2020, the plan to gradually remove implicit energy subsidies, alongside renewed […]

Culled—Proshare June 17, 2020/FDC In line with expectations and general analysts’ consensus, headline inflation increased for the 9th consecutive month to 12.40% in the month of May from 12.34% in April. Even though the uptick in inflation came as no surprise to analysts, the rate of increase of 0.06% was […]