OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nigeria’s Booming Growth Leaves Citizens Trapped in Deeper Poverty

April 22, 2026 By Blaise Udunze With the chanting of the ‘Renewed Hope’, it appears to be Uhuru in Nigeria, following the recent World Economic Outlook presented by the International Monetary Fund, which projected that Nigeria’s economy would expand by 4.1 percent in 2026. Though this specifically shows an economy […]

How the Middle East War Has Affected Oil Exporters and Importers

(Credit Alexander Farnsworth/iStock by Getty Images) Countries face vastly different exposure to higher oil prices and supply uncertainty, shaped by whether they import or export, and how much policy space they have to respond April 22, 2026/IMFBlog By Carlos Guevara, Andrew Mayeda, Ken Nakagawa, Andrew Stanley The war in the Middle East has […]

Op-Ed – Africa’s Energy Wealth: Why Good Governance Must Power a Just Transition

April 21, 2026 By By Sola Adebawo, General Manager – Government, Joint Venture and External Relations, Heritage Operational Services Limited Africa’s energy challenge is not a shortage of resources. It is a shortage of governance that works. The continent holds some of the world’s richest solar potential, vast wind corridors, […]