* Most power assets have so far gone to local oligarchs * Power task force head says foreign interest growing * Nigeria selling sector to try to end crippling blackouts The initial sell-off of state power assets, designed to end decades of electricity shortages, mostly attracted local oligarchs, while foreign […]
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Côte d’Ivoire Economic Growth to Exceed 8.5% in 2013-IMF
By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday said Côte d’Ivoire’s economic growth is expected to exceed 8.5 percent (8.5%) in 2013 and inflation remaining moderate. This is coming on the heels of discussions on the IMF’s Article IV consultation and the fourth review […]
Osun state selling Nigeria’s first Islamic bond -bankers
Nigeria’s Osun State has begun offering the country’s first Islamic bond, taking a major step towards developing an Islamic finance industry in Africa’s most populous nation, bankers said on Thursday. The issue makes Nigeria the first big economy in sub-Saharan Africa to market a sukuk, although Gambia has been selling […]
