Economy: Towards a rebound in growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is rebounding in 2017, having registered its lowest level in more than two decades in 2016. This is what...
Covid-19 puts 1.4 million children out of school in Liberia
By Varney Kamara
BONG MINES, Liberia - Fatu Flomo, 53, is a farmer and a mother of four children and three grandchildren. Victoria, Flomo’s youngest...
Nigeria’s best hope for peace is a president from the southeast....
By Pelumi Salako
Nigeria is dealing with a lot right now: a surge in banditry, rampaging terrorist groups ISWAP and Boko Haram, farmer-herder conflict across...
Mali – Mopti : bad time for taxis
For a few years in Mopti, the moto taxis have dethroned yellow taxis, which are becoming increasingly rare and have increased their rates. Faced...
Nigerians face extortion and Covid-19 when registering national identity numbers
By Ope Adetayo
On December 15th, 2020, the Nigerian National Commission issued a directive that all SIM cards must be linked with the owner’s National...
Mali presents its business opportunities to investors
The first edition of the forum Invest in Mali, the international meeting to promote Mali as a privileged investment and business destination began on...
Invest in Mali Forum: the countdown is launched
Three months before the big international meeting of promoting Mali as a privileged destination of investments and business in sub-Saharan Africa, a mobilization meeting...
“A dirty game”: Agents and landlords exploit house seekers in Lagos
By Ope Adetayo
Favour Irabor, a 22-year old university student, lives with her mother and siblings in a church facility in Mushin, one of the...
The Nigerian government declares war on cryptocurrency
By Pelumi Salako
On February 5, 2021, The Central Bank of Nigeria released a circular that restricts Nigerian banks, non-banking financial institutions and other financial...