OPINION/EDITORIAL

Africa’s Fragile States Are Greatest Climate Change Casualties

(Credit: JurgaR/iStock by Getty Images) By Jihad Azour and Abebe Aemro Selassie Climate change poses grave threats to countries across Africa—but especially fragile and conflict-affected states. As the continent’s leaders converge on Kenya for next week’s African Climate Action Summit, it is vital that they come up with solutions to support these vulnerable […]

How Natural Gas is Displacing Oil in Nigeria’s Energy Market

Image Credit: Axxela Group August 30, 2023/Axxela Group As we look back on the last decade, it is evident that the energy landscape has undergone a significant transformation, with natural gas increasingly becoming the fuel of choice for many countries including Egypt, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa etc. In […]

New Methodology: A Case of the Proverbial Ostrich?

August 30, 2023/CSL Research Based on data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), unemployment rate was 5.3% in Q4 2022 and 4.1% in Q1 2023. The NBS Chief noted that the bureau has adopted a new method in computing the labour statistics, which he notes is in line with […]