OPINION/EDITORIAL

Mobile Subscriptions Record Y/Y Growth

October 7, 2025/CSL Research According to the latest data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), active mobile subscriptions rose by 12.06 million year-on-year (+7.56%) to 171.57 million in August 2025, up from 159.50 million in August 2024. On a month-on-month basis, total mobile subscriptions increased slightly by 2.24 million (+1.32%), […]

Economic Uncertainty Can Test the Resilience of the Foreign Exchange Market

(Credit: IMF Photo/Lena Mucha) October 7, 2025/IMFBlog By Andrea Deghi, Mahvash S. Qureshi, Tomohiro Tsuruga Foreign exchange is the largest and most liquid financial market, with nearly $10 trillion changing hands daily. It’s the underpinning for global trade and finance—and its structure is changing as nonbank financial institutions, or NBFIs, assume a larger role in […]