May 8, 2020/OilPrice.com Oil markets are on course to see their second consecutive weekly gain as the OPEC+ production cut comes into effect and a wave of shut-ins hit the shale patch. Friday, May 8th, 2020 The U.S. Labor Department reported a loss of more than 20 million jobs in […]
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Investment Case Frayed at the Edges
Culled—Proshare May 8, 2020 FBNQuest Research From our chart we see the steady deterioration in the sentiment of foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) towards listed Nigerian equities. In calendar years their net outflow widened from N66bn in 2018 to N104bn in 2019. Data from the NSE for the first quarter […]
Future Re-imagined for Africa
May 8, 2020/ANA In a rare television broadcast Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, described the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as “Germany’s biggest challenge since the Second World War”. It has indeed proved to be a crisis of global proportion with material implications for the economies and livelihoods of all. Governments across […]

