OPINION/EDITORIAL

Bad news but no catastrophe

February 3, 2020 Coronation Report Nigeria is the world’s best-performing stock market this year (see page 2). Foreign portfolio investment is confidently investing in Naira-denominated fixed income (see below). What is going wrong? Fear over the coronavirus dampens oil prices. The Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) of the banks has been […]

Coronavirus and Oil: Using 2003’s SARS Coronavirus as a Guide

February 3, 2020/InvestmentOne Report Announced on 31 December 2019, Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCOV) has since spread across 24 countries with 14,557 reported cases and 305 recorded deaths. The outbreak of this virus has led to a slowdown in economic activities, and with China being one of the largest oil consumers in […]

How to Successfully Seize Africa’s Many Opportunities

February 3, 2020 By Jordan Rittenberry, CEO of Edelman Africa Opportunities abound on the African continent. It’s home to six of the world’s fastest-growing economies; and has an average annual GDP that has consistently outpaced the global average. In addition, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) — ratified in […]