Nigeria’s GDP recalculation: the hidden costs
Nigeria has overtaken South Africa to become Africa’s largest economy after the government released updated figures that raised the country’s gross domestic product by 89 per cent to $509bn. The...
View ArticleAfrica M&A activity edges closer to 2007 record
Mergers and acquisitions activity is on the increase in Africa, with the number of deals in 2013 close to the record high reached in 2007, an encouraging sign for private equity groups looking to exit...
View ArticleGuest post: poor data saps Africa’s agricultural potential
By Sara Menker, CEO and Founder, Gro Intelligence Last week, at a “Solve for X” gathering in Nairobi, I opened my presentation with a pop quiz. There were only two questions, and yet everyone got both...
View ArticleVictim of shale revolution, Nigeria stops exporting oil to US
Nigeria has become the first country to completely stop selling oil to the US due to the impact of the shale revolution – an astounding reversal as the African nation was only four years ago one of the...
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