Business
Côte d’Ivoire Cocoa Shipments Face Mass Rejections Over Poor Quality
Côte d’Ivoire shippers are rejecting a large percentage of cocoa beans arriving at ports for quality concerns, stirring concern over continuity of supplies...
Tinubu Regime Causes More Pain For Nigerians As Cooking Gas Prices Soar 40% In One Week
The price of refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas, has skyrocketed to N25,000 this week,...
Canal+ Takes Full Control of MultiChoice, Ending South Africa’s Three-Decade Pay-TV Era
French media giant Canal+ has officially taken control of MultiChoice Group (MCG), marking the end of a 30-year chapter for South Africa’s homegrown...
Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos-backed KoBold Metals Granted Lithium Exploration Permits in Congo
KoBold Metals, a California-based mining company backed by U.S. billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, received seven exploration permits for lithium and other...
Senegal’s President Faye Celebrates Japan Ties, Invites Global Partners To Dakar For Invest In Senegal Forum
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has celebrated the depth of bilateral relations between Senegal and Japan, marking 65 years of cooperation, on the...
Nigeria’s Non-Oil Exports to ECOWAS Hit 663 Million Metric Tonnes in Six Months
The Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has revealed that Nigeria shipped 663 million metric tonnes of goods to 11 ECOWAS countries in the...
How Tinubu’s Proposed Tax Reform Is Designed To Bleed Nigerians Dry
Nigeria is on the brink of a tax revolution, but for many citizens, it could feel more like a financial siege. The Nigeria...
Ghana Slashes Interest Rate by 3% as Inflation Drops and Cedi Strengthens
Ghana’s central bank has cut its benchmark interest rate by 3 per cent, citing easing inflation and renewed economic optimism as the country...
Manufacturers Warn FG: Don’t Confuse Nominal GDP Growth with Real Economic Progress
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has cautioned against interpreting the nominal expansion of Nigeria’s rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as evidence of...
Nigerian Banks Resume International Transactions on Naira Cards After Years of Suspension Under Buhari’s APC Administration
After nearly three years of suspension on international transactions using naira-denominated debit cards, Nigerian banks have resumed these transactions, bringing relief to customers...
Ghana Deports Nigerian National Convicted of Smuggling $100,000 in Counterfeit CFA From Togo
Ghanaian authorities have deported a Nigerian national, Aremu Adegboyega, after he was convicted of smuggling counterfeit currency worth over $100,000 into the country...
You Can’t Tax a Dead Economy: Nigeria Is Suffocating Under Its Own Policies
As Nigeria’s Central Bank clings to its benchmark interest rate of 27.5 per cent, the country’s economic engine is sputtering. For businesses and...