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The Impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on Global Poverty: Why Sub-Saharan Africa Might be the Region Hardest Hit
COVID-19 is taking its toll on the world, causing deaths, illnesses and economic despair. But how is the deadly virus impacting global poverty? Here we’ll argue that it is pushing about 40-60 million…
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Digital Financial Inclusion in the Times of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic could be a game changer for digital financial services. Low income households and small firms can benefit greatly from advances in mobile money, fintech services and online banking. Financial inclusion…
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COVID-19: Can Africa Afford Lockdowns?
By Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo/ Image Credit: WeeTracker This year 2020 begins a new decade that promises to be one of dreadful disruptions, with Africa holding the weakest end of the stick. In…
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IMF WEO: How the World will Grow in the Great Lock Down of 2020
This article gives a brief summary of how the IMF expects the world to grow in 2020, highlight the top 10 countries to grow in 2020 (with special focus on Guyana), highlight countries…
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Data on Top 100 Leading Fintech Cities in the World
The 2020 Global Fintech Ranking by Findexable is the first fully global fintech index covering more than 7000 fintechs in more than 230 cities across 65 countries. In partnership with 18 fintech networks…
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Nigeria Ends 2019 as Second Worst Performing Stock Exchange in Africa
This research work tends to give brief analysis of the performance of the major stock exchange in Africa based on their index levels. It also gave a special preference to Nigeria by focusing…
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Left Handedness: The Unsung Struggles of a Major Minority
Handedness refers to the more preferred hand of an individual, usually the better skilled hand. Society made me believe that there exist two groups: Right and Left handers. But I have been around…
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With Saudi Aramco, Oil is not Dead Yet
On Wednesday 11 of December, the World’s largest integrated oil and gas company (and fourth largest integrated refiner in the world) officially listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange after its IPO by selling…
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Johannesburg is the Leading Fintech City in Africa
This article gives the list of the top 100 leading fintech cities in the world. It also gives a brief insight into the leading fintech cities in Africa as well as fintech in…
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How Competitive is the Nigerian Economy Compared to its Peers in Africa?
According to the WEF, a country’s performance on the overall GCI results as well as each of its components is reported as a ‘progress score’ on a 0-to-100 scale, where 100 represents the…
