OPINION/EDITORIAL

Economic Report: The Impact of Excise Duties Suspension on the Telecommunication Sector

July 10, 2023/Futureview Financial Services Nigeria’s heavy reliance on oil revenues is widely known, and there is an urgent need to reduce this dependency by exploring alternative sources of income to diversify the economy. To address this, the Nigerian government has actively worked on increasing taxation in non-oil sectors in […]

How to Accelerate Economic Growth in the Caucasus and Central Asia

Photo Credit: DavorLovincic/iStock by Getty Images IMF COUNTRY FOCUS July 10, 2023/IMF Since independence in the early 1990s, income levels and living standards in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) have improved but remain well below the levels of emerging Europe. The state continues to play a dominant role in […]

Dangote Cement and Ethiopian Airlines in US$100m Currency Swap

July 10, 2023/CSL Research According to a report from an Ethiopian news outlet, the Central Bank of Nigeria and Ethiopia’s central bank have reached an agreement to conduct a temporary swap of funds blocked as a result of FX shortage in both countries. The agreement will involve Dangote Cement and […]