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IMF Releases the 2016 Financial Access Survey, A Key Tool to Foster Financial Inclusion

3/10/2016/IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released today the results of the seventh annual Financial Access Survey (FAS). The FAS is a key source of data on financial inclusion, providing insights on the availability and use of financial products such as deposit accounts, loans, and insurance policies by individuals and […]

Hilton Builds for the Future at AHIF with Its First Modular Hotel in Africa

Hilton Garden Inn Accra Liberation Road becomes landmark deal, with additional signings in Kenya and Nigeria as Hilton seeks to double its presence across the continent October 3, 2016/Hilton Worldwide Hilton Worldwide has marked this year’s African Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) with the announcement of new properties and extensions in […]

AfDB: Nigeria needs to synchronize fiscal, monetary policy

October 3, 2016/Reuters Nigeria needs to coordinate its fiscal and monetary policy more closely, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said on Monday. “I think the naira is devalued, but…monetary policy and also the fiscal policy that synchronisation, that is very very important,” Adesina said during a panel discussion at […]