OPINION/EDITORIAL

New Minimum Wage; How Far Can This Go?

January 31, 2024/CSL Research Based on news reports, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has urged members of the newly formed National Minimum Wage Committee to work swiftly to meet the 1 April deadline fixed to come up with a new wage structure for Nigerian workers. […]

Digital Wallets as an Enabler for Financial Services in Africa

The Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region now boasts 763 million registered accounts, nearly half of the 1.6 billion users globally with transaction values jumping 22% in the reported period to reach $832 billion January 31, 2024/Mukuru By Juan Seco, Chief Growth Officer and East Africa MD of Mukuru The recent GSMA […]

African Leaders Must Find Ways to Encourage Ongoing Oil and Gas Investments

January 30, 2024/AEC By Tom Alweendo, Minister of Mines and Energy, Namibia As the 2023 U.N. Climate Change Conference, the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai drew to a close, the air was thick with determination among the 200 delegates. Acknowledging that the era of fossil fuels was on […]