September 30, 2022/Coronation Economic Note Agriculture remains integral for developing economies, capable of stimulating growth across the non-oil economy via its broad potential value-chain interlinkages. The latest national accounts released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show that agriculture accounted for c.23% of total GDP. On a y/y basis, […]

September 30, 2022/CSL Research Based on a ThisDay newspaper report, stakeholders in the agri-business sector have expressed concerns that the lack of a standardisation policy for the country may deny Nigeria the much expected benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. The stakeholders lamented that Nigerian SMEs […]

September 29, 2022/FBNQuest The Debt Management Office’s (DMO) latest quarterly release on public debt raises further concern about the rising cost of debt service and the sustainability of public debt. The data shows that domestic debt service more than doubled (c.2.1x) y/y to NGN665bn in Q2 ‘22. Underpinning the rising […]