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Lamido Sanusi on BBC Hardtalk

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00zxnn8/HARDtalk_Lamido_Sanusi_Governor_of_the_Central_Bank_of_Nigeria/ Filed under: Economics Tagged: banking, banks, economics, economy

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Islamic Banking Conference in Nigeria

Filed under: Economics, Videos Tagged: bank, banking, economics, economy, finance, islam, islamic, money, muslim

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China’s Influence in Africa

BBC documentary on the spread of Chinese influence in Africa.  While many in the West view Africa as a land of poverty, to the Chinese it is seen as an almost limitless business opportunity. Profile...

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The “Occupy Nigeria” Movement and Phenomenon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLfWWcpB4D4 I still do not understand why the government did not phase in the fuel subsidy withdrawal in installments; incrementally increasing the petrol price – rather...

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Porsche and Luxury Brands Come to Nigeria

  http://castroller.com/Podcasts/ReutersUsBusiness/2822038 Popping Champagne and speeding Porsches: Luxury brands come to Nigeria to target wealthy elite. Moet and Louis Vuitton are already in Nigeria....

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Sudan: the “Divorce” between North and South

For those who think secession is the answer to Nigeria’s problems – take a look at Sudan. A country with an Islamic north, and Christian oil-rich south. Oil pipelines run northward. Does that remind...

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MTV Base Interview with Aliko Dangote: Africa’s Richest Man

In other news, Dangote is apparently in talks with South African company Tiger Brands to sell a controlling stake in his flour company Dangote Flour Mills PLC for about $125 million dollars....

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Nigeria: The Young and the Unemployed

  Al-Jazeera feature on youth unemployment in Nigeria. Despite Nigeria’s fast-growing economy and rich natural resources, there do not seem to seem to be enough jobs to go around for the hordes of...

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Big Spending Nigerian Shoppers Besiege London

Good article in the Guardian about how Nigeria’s rising middle class are outnumbering most foreign shoppers in London....

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Investing in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges

  Sub-Saharan Africa will be home to seven of the world’s ten fastest growing economies in the next five years. At a recent Thomson Reuters event, U.S. Sen. Christopher Coons joins top African...

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Africa’s Economies: Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe

  Al-Jazeera report focusing on the economies of three African countries: Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe.   Although Nigeria’s economy is typecast one-dimensionally about oil, Nigeria’s...

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Jumia – Nigeria’s Online Shopping Answer to Amazon

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24483600   Report on the growing online shopping sector in Nigeria....

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The McKinsey Report on Nigeria’s Economic Growth

MGI_Nigerias_renewal_Full_report   http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/africa/nigerias_renewal_delivering_inclusive_growth?cid=other-eml-alt-mgi-mck-oth-1407  Filed under: Economics Tagged: economics,...

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Emir Sanusi: Northern #Nigeria Needs Economic “Marshall Plan”

Interview with the new Emir of Kano Muhammed Sanusi II (AKA Sanusi Lamido Sanusi) about the Boko Haram insurgency in northern Nigeria. Key points made by Sanusi: Islam “preaches education for all...

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How #Nigeria Has Improved in the Past 15 Years

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32075281Filed under: Economics, Nigerian Current Affairs Tagged: democracy, economics

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The Role of Western Countries in African Corruption

This is an article I wrote in Foreign Policy about the role that Western countries play in African corruption. Excerpts: The Bandits’ Banker It’s no secret that corruption is a problem in Africa. Some...

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Internally Generated Revenue of #Nigerian States

The dependency of Nigerian states on remittances from the federal government is well known. However these stats are a useful (and worrying) guide to each state’s internally generated revenue (IGR). The...

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Reasons To Be Optimistic About #Africa’s Future

This is a recent article in the Financial Times about African development. It makes a point that I often do as well: that development in Africa has to be measured on a long-term evolutionary (not...

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All the Key Data About #Africa

This is an excellent info-graphic compiled by the Africa in Data project and Max Roser of Oxford University. See below for images showing all the key development, social, political, and economic...

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