March 21, 2025/United Capital Update Anglophone West Africa Nigeria Nigeria’s inflation rate falls to 23.18% in February 2025 Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped for the second consecutive month to 23.18% in Feb-2025 from 24.48% recorded in January. Despite this overall decline in inflation, three states – Edo, Enugu, and Sokoto – […]
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AfDB Mulls $500 Million Facility to Mobilize Financing for Smallholder Farmers
The Bank has approved 77 projects valued at $3.9 billion to support the implementation of Country Food and Agriculture Delivery Compacts across 32 countries, with an additional $1.72 billion in planned approvals this year March 20, 2025/AfDB African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has announced plans to launch […]
IMF and the Statistical Community Release New Global Standards for Macroeconomic Statistics
March 20, 2025/IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released the seventh edition of the Integrated Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM7, the Manual) (https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Data/Statistics/BPM6/draft-bpm7-wcv.ashx). This new edition provides updated global standards for compiling external sector statistics, including balance of payments and integrated international investment position. It […]
