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
View ArticleIslamic Banking Conference in Nigeria
Filed under: Economics, Videos Tagged: bank, banking, economics, economy, finance, islam, islamic, money, muslim
View ArticleChina’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...
View ArticleThe “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...
View ArticlePorsche 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....
View ArticleSudan: 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...
View ArticleMTV 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....
View ArticleNigeria: 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...
View ArticleBig Spending Nigerian Shoppers Besiege London
Good article in the Guardian about how Nigeria’s rising middle class are outnumbering most foreign shoppers in London....
View ArticleInvesting 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...
View ArticleAfrica’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...
View ArticleJumia – Nigeria’s Online Shopping Answer to Amazon
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24483600 Report on the growing online shopping sector in Nigeria....
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleEmir 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...
View ArticleHow #Nigeria Has Improved in the Past 15 Years
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32075281Filed under: Economics, Nigerian Current Affairs Tagged: democracy, economics
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleInternally 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...
View ArticleReasons 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...
View ArticleAll 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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