Nigeria taps maritime potential
Dakuku Peterside’s appointment as head of the country’s principle maritime agency has already seen the sector play a bigger role in helping improve Nigeria’s economic fortunes. Francis Ezem reports...
Who owns Victoria Falls?
Victoria Falls is ours, not yours, Zambia tells SA, but tourism experts say poor marketing is to blame for confusion. By Benedict Tembo, Lusaka
ZAMBIA is battling to fight the misconception that V...
Nigeria seeks economic recovery
The federal government launches a scheme to ensure that its recovery blueprint is properly implemented
When the federal government launched the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (E...
Africa forms single market
Historic pact creates world’s biggest free trade zone fulfilling the pan-African dream.
Indorama: a privatisation success story
Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals plant in Port Harcourt is a privatisation success story and boon to the economy
Change that made no difference
Just a year after Buhari was elected into office on a mantra of ‘change’ it appears to be more of the same for Nigerians as the country is buffeted by ill winds from the global markets. Martins Azuwike reports on the shrinking of Africa’s biggest economy
A year into Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure as ...
The problem of over-dependancy
FIVE AND A half decades since independence not much structural change in the Nigerian economy has taken place. Crop production still dominates economic activity, followed by trading and services. Oil, though, with a much bigger share of total output today than it had at independence in 1960, rema...
Battle for the solar market
Solar wars heat up following German firm’s arrival into Kenya market.
Power supply reaches new low
Despite hopes that the power supply jinx would be finally broken, Nigeria is even more in the dark. By Nsineno May Anthony
When PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari was elected last year, one of the problems he promised to fix was the country’s epileptic power supply.
Poor power generation and tran...
The African Development Bank – going for growth
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is consciously contributing to Africa’s development and it is achieving results. By Kofi Ansah
ACCORDING to the Bank’s Annual Development Effectiveness Review (ADER) 2015, 70 per cent of the Bank’s indicators are on t...
Nigeria fuel crisis continues
Adding fuel to the fire – A combination of ageing oil refineries and powerful middlemen led to a crippling fuel crisis last month. By Martins Azuwike, Lagos
IN THE RUN up to his inauguration at the end of last month, President Buhari would have been left in no doubt as to...
