OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nigeria’s Public Debt on the Rise

April 3, 2023/CSL Research According to the recent data released by Debt Management Office (DMO), Nigeria’s total public debt stock increased to N46.25trn or US$103.11bn at the close of 2022. The figure consists of the domestic and external total debt stocks of the federal government and the sub-national governments (36 […]

The Time Is Now: Richer Nations Must Step Up Support For The Poorest

(Credit: kitzcorner/iStock by Getty Images) March 31, 2023/IMFBlog By Kristalina Georgieva When finance ministers and central bankers arrive in Washington next week for the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, they will have much to discuss, from the global economy’s fragile recovery to the risk of financial instability, from fragmentation to the fallout […]

Mobile money taxation could hamper financial inclusion gains in Africa

Mobile money services have transformed the lives of many people across the African continent but taxation policies pose a significant challenge to the financial inclusion gains made by these innovations March 31, 2023/Vodacom Group In an increasingly digital economy, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been greater collaboration between […]