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MPC decision today

January 26, 2021/Coronation Weekly The Monetary Policy Council (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria concludes its bi-monthly meeting later today. The economy may be close to exiting recession and inflation is going up (15.75% y/y in December). But we think the MPC will will keep its policy rate (MPR) […]

Opportunities for U.S. Agricultural Exports to Southern Asia

January 22, 2021/USDA.GOV Click here for full PDF copy of report Executive Summary  South Asia, which includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, accounts for 24 percent of the world’s population, with 1.84 billion people in 2019. Over the past five years, U.S. agricultural exports to […]

New Report on African media shows western sources dominate how the Africa story is told

One-third of all African stories in news outlets on the continent are sourced from foreign news services January25, 2021/Africa No Filter One-third of all African stories in news outlets on the continent are sourced from foreign news services according to a new report from Africa No Filter (www.AfricaNoFilter.org). The ‘How African Media […]