OPINION/EDITORIAL

The High Cost of Global Economic Fragmentation

August 29, 2023/IMFBlog Growing trade restrictions may reverse economic integration and undermine the cooperation needed to protect against new shocks and address global challenges In a shock-prone world, economies must be more resilient—individually and collectively. Cooperation is critical, but greater protectionism could lead to fragmentation, and even split nations into […]

The ICT Sector is Expected to Remain Upbeat

August 29, 2023/CSL Research Based on data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector significantly contributed to Nigeria’s real Gross  Domestic Product (GDP) in Q2 2023, accounting for 19.54% of Nigeria’s total GDP, higher than the 18.44% and 17.47% in Q2 2022, and […]

How Financial Institutions Can Safeguard Against Deepfakes

As the technology to create deepfakes becomes easier and cheaper, the need to guard against these cybercrimes have come to the forefront August 29, 2023/iiDENTIFii In a matter of seconds, it is possible to hold your phone up to your face and see what you will look like in 40 […]