Read more about the article Part I: Ogbalu’s PAPSS is quietly ending Africa’s dollar dependency
CEO Mike Ogbalu III | Photocredit: VaultNews

Part I: Ogbalu’s PAPSS is quietly ending Africa’s dollar dependency

By Tolu Ogunlesi PAPSS is the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System, launched by Afreximbank on 13 January 2022. Mike Ogbalu III, a Nigerian banking and fintech veteran (ex-UBA, Ecobank, First…

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Read more about the article Why subsidy should never crawl back into Nigeria’s economic discourse, By Gboyega Nasir Isiaka
Gboyega Nasir Isiaka

Why subsidy should never crawl back into Nigeria’s economic discourse, By Gboyega Nasir Isiaka

Gboyega Nasir Isiaka argues that reversing subsidy reforms would restore fiscal pressures and leave the structural weaknesses in Nigeria’s economy unresolved. I have followed with considerable interest the continuing debate…

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Read more about the article Equal Earth Projection: The lonely ‘No’ vote that proved the point
Silhouette showing the comparisons of Mercator and Equal Earth Maps | Photocredit: Tobias Jung

Equal Earth Projection: The lonely ‘No’ vote that proved the point

The UN’s overwhelming vote for Equal Earth was never just about maps. America’s lone objection made that impossible to ignore. A map is supposed to tell us where things are.…

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Read more about the article Ex-Sierra Leone president Koroma returns home after treason case dropped
Former President Koroma leaving Nigeria | Photocredit: GEJ's X

Ex-Sierra Leone president Koroma returns home after treason case dropped

Jonathan and Obasanjo both accompanied Koroma's departure, as Nigeria's foreign minister confirmed ECOWAS brokered the deal behind his return. Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has returned home after…

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Read more about the article Hire From Nigeria launch: Trade Minister challenges world to hire Nigerian talent
The launch of Hire from Nigeria

Hire From Nigeria launch: Trade Minister challenges world to hire Nigerian talent

At the campaign launch in Abuja, the Industry Minister said Nigeria must turn its skilled workforce into global contracts, export earnings and jobs, with the government targeting one million export-linked…

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