May 14, 2020/IMFBlog By Diego Cerdeiro, Andras Komaromi, Yang Liu, and Mamoon Saeed With the current fast-changing developments, policy makers need to know what is happening to the economy in real time, but they often must settle for data telling them what happened many weeks ago. And international trade, which […]

May 14, 2020/IFAD by Olusegun Obasanjo and Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe Africa has so far escaped the worst health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the continent looks like it could be the worst hit from the economic fallout of the crisis: 80 million Africans could be pushed into extreme poverty […]

Culled—Proshare May 13, 2020 By FBNQuest Research                                                                                   Power shortages in Nigeria significantly impede growth and development. Industry sources suggest that the lack of access to reliable electricity costs Nigeria an estimated US$29bn per year. According to the Transmission Company of Nigeria, poor gas supply to power stations has persisted. This […]