Policy Options for a Failing Economy
Finally, with the nomination by the president and confirmation by the Senate of some ministers, there is some shape to the Buhari administration. And not too soon. Looking across our[…]
In Support of the Banking Sector
These days, sitting across the table from my banker friends, conversation rarely dwells for long on the import of the increased incidence of vehicular traffic (in the nation’s commercial capital)[…]
Governor El-Rufai Wants Lower Interest Rates — Here’s One Way To Do It
Afew days ago, at the Africa Pension Summit organised by the National Pension Commission (PenCom) in Abuja, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna made some interesting comments about interest rates in[…]
The Word On The Streets XIV: The Sponsored By Kindness Edition – Feyi Fawehinmi
Your correspondent is back in Blighty after a tour of Nigeria that took in Abuja, Kaduna and Lagos. Here be findings 1. I have good news to report! When I landed[…]
That We May Not Be Taken For Granted, Again
The biggest disservice done this space by the almost 7 years of the Goodluck Jonathan administration was not its signal lack of qualification for the job at hand — although[…]
How Aid Is Killing Nigeria
In her book, “Dead Aid”, Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo wrote about how the practice of giving aid to African countries, rather than help them, contributed to further weakening the country’s[…]
Banking Digital Disrupters
Much has been made of how the revolution in information and communications technology (ICT) has helped improve the ease of access to and convenience of use of services across economies[…]
Endowed Chairs – Feyi Fawehinmi
The practice of ‘endowing a chair’ in a University or institution of higher learning goes back a very long way and is now culturally established in many countries in the[…]
Why Markets
The markets! We make so much about the usefulness of this tool, we who regularly angle for either their introduction, or their strengthening. If the central narrative of this perspective[…]
The Cost of Dropping off JPMorgan’s Index
In the end, it would seem that the markets were not as sanguine (as was the Central Bank of Nigeria —CBN) about the implications for the economy of JPMorgan’s decision,[…]