May 8, 2020 BY NICODEMUS V. DODO (FCA) Nigeria has come to grips with the human and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments – at both federal and state levels, hurriedly issued varying stay-at-home orders in efforts to contain the spread of the deadly corona virus and national and […]

May 8, 2020/United Capital Report Stock markets around the world defied expectations in the month of April-2020. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), despite the economic lockdown, surge in number of COVID-19 cases, low commodity prices and the high level of uncertainties, Investors took advantage of the cheap valuation to average down […]

May 7, 2020/IMFBlog Vitor Gaspar, Paulo Medas, and John Ralyea The pandemic has highlighted the role of the public sector in saving lives and livelihoods. State-owned enterprises are part of that effort. They can be public utilities that provide essential services. Or public banks that provide loans to small businesses. […]