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How Stanbic achieved higher profits during a pandemic
Stanbic in 2020: Four strategies that grew profit.
Industrialisation: Why Africa’s path to development remains slow
The problems and prospects of industrialising Africa.
Two things that are good about Nigeria
Not everything in Nigeria is terrible.
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Diversify or decline: How Nigerian telcos are thinking about their income streams
We look at telcos and their increased search for more streams of income.
Rehabilitating Nigeria's refineries: The $1.5 billion story
A break down of Nigeria’s $1.5 billion refinery rehabilitation debate
Job creation, poverty reduction: Lessons from China and Okonjo-Iweala
What can Nigeria learn from its past YouWin programme and China’s success with poverty reduction?
Economy
Nigeria's youth unemployment problem
Youth unemployment is bad and looks to be getting dangerously worse in the near future. What can we do to solve it?
The NSE's path to global competitiveness
Demutualisation: Understanding the Nigerian Stock Exchange's new status.
The story of a central bank without credibility
Why the Central Bank of Nigeria is "working hard but hardly working".
How China lifted 800 million people out of poverty
Dear Nigeria: Poverty eradicating lessons from China.
Graphics: Unveiling the generational impact of financial insecurity
An analysis of Millennial, Gen Z and Household survey results.
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Economy
How Nigeria can manage its rising debt
Turning lemons to lemonades: Can Nigeria’s rising debt be put to good use?
Two stories on the pandemic: The death of African leaders and vaccines
African leaders are taking more hits to Covid than their citizens, and it would take the continent much longer to achieve herd immunity.
Explainer: Monetary policy simplified
How the CBN controls money supply
How sanity got restored to Nigeria’s petrol imports
Nigeria lost over $2.5 billion between 2010 and 2015 because of crude oil-for-fuel swap deals. Has anything changed today?
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