February 28, 2025/CSL Research According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the growth rate of Nigeria’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector slowed to 5.42% in 2024, down from 7.91% in 2023. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the sector’s growth slightly declined to 5.90% in Q4 2024, compared […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Getting Back on Base: Statement of Commissioner Hester M. Peirce on the Dismissal of the Civil Enforcement Action Against Coinbase
February 27, 2025/US SEC By Hester M. Peirce Today the Commission settled its case against Coinbase by dismissing it with prejudice. I did not support the action against Coinbase. Among other things, I was concerned that it was part of the Commission’s larger strategy to use its enforcement tool to […]
Manufacturing Sector GDP Growth Drags Year-on-Year
February 27, 2025/CSL Research According to the recently released Q4 2024 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the manufacturing sector recorded a real GDP growth of 1.79% year-on-year (y/y) in the fourth quarter of 2024. This marks an improvement of 0.41 percentage points compared […]

