(Credit: Wirestock/iStock by Getty Images) September 7, 2023/IMFBlog By David Amaglobeli, Ruud de Mooij, and Mariano Moszoro Digitalization is a transformative force as powerful as the advent of the printing press in the 15th century or electricity in the 19th. Yet some governments have been slow to harness the potential of digital […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Natural gas is key to Africa’s industrialisation process and to ending the region’s massive energy poverty
Natural gas only contributes 5% to Africa’s energy mix but almost half the continent’s 55 countries have proven reserves and it could provide the baseload power needed to boost Africa’s capacity to process its raw materials locally September 7, 2023/AEC By Jason Mitchell Africa’s vast natural gas reserves are key […]
Slow Progress in Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector; Contributes 30% to GDP in Q2 2023
September 7, 2023/FBNQuest Research Today, we turn our attention to Nigeria’s agricultural sector, which according to the latest national accounts, published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), contributed c.23.0% to Nigeria’s GDP in Q2 ’23, slightly higher than the c.21.6% it contributed in the previous quarter. However, the sector […]
