I spent the weekend working on an alternative measure of economic activity for Nigeria. Something different from the regular run of the mill GDP. One new option is to measure[...]
One thing I noticed during the fuel subsidy saga earlier in the year was the demonization of most of the people somehow connected with the oil industry. The oil marketers[...]
I have been one of those in favour of the removal of fuel subsidies. However for most Nigerians the problem is not that they don’t understand the logic of spending[...]
by Nonso Obikili
In order to understand the problem with microfinance in Nigeria it is useful to first of all understand why microfinance works in south asia.
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