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Air pollution: A silent killer in Lagos

By Joshua OlorunsaiyePosted on September 8, 2020Posted in AgenciesTagged Abidjan, Accra, Air pollution, Beijing, Cairo, Johannesburg, Lagos, Mumbai, Nairobi, Nigeria, Public transportNo Comments

As Nigeria’s economic hub, Lagos is one of the world’s fastest-growing megacities, but this rapid growth has had a downside with high rates of illness and premature death caused by unhealthy air.

[Archive] From Recession to Growth: The Story Of Nigeria’s Recovery from the 2016 Economic Recession

By Abdulazeez KurangaPosted on August 30, 2020Posted in EconomyTagged cbn, Fiscal Policy, Foreign Exchange, Foreign Reserve, Growth, Monetary Policy, Nigeria, Recession, RecoveryNo Comments

Being a Paper presented by Godwin I. Emefiele, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria at the Special Convocation of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, on Friday, May 17, 2019 at the Princess Alexandra Auditorium, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State

Nigeria’s Double Whammy of Inflation and Unemployment Increases

By Sheriffdeen AdeotiPosted on August 20, 2020Posted in EconomyTagged Economic Growth, forex, Inflation, Nigeria, UnemploymentNo Comments

Persistent rise in the general price of goods within an economy is acclaimed inflation. Increasing prices could signal consumption spending by economic agents within the economy, however persistent rise makes fixed income earners and fixed securities like bonds worse off. A healthy level of inflation (1-3%) is acceptable to propel economic growth. If consumption spending […]

Fallacy of an African Giant

By Sheriffdeen AdeotiPosted on August 15, 2020Posted in EconomyTagged analysis, Ghana, Giant, IMF, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, World BankNo Comments

This exposition tries to carry out a comparative analysis between Nigeria and selected economies in Africa. South Africa in Southern Africa, Egypt from Northern Africa, Kenya from East Africa and our neighbour (Ghana) in the same West African coast.

[INFOGRAPHICS] IMF COVID-19 Financial Assistance to SSA Countries

By Adebisi SamuelPosted on August 7, 2020Posted in AnalyticsTagged COVID-19, IMF, Nigeria, South Africa, SSANo Comments

$15.42 billion have found way to Sub-Saharan African Countries to tackle COVID-19 courtesy of the IMF. Nigeria and South Africa receives the largest share at $3.4 billion and $4.3 billion respectively

[INFOGRAPHICS] Countries with the Cheapest Electricity Tariff in Africa

By Adebisi SamuelPosted on July 28, 2020Posted in AnalyticsTagged Africa, Electricity, Electricity generation, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, TariffsNo Comments

[INFOGRAPHICS] 7-Year Comparison of Revenue of Brewers in Nigeria

By Joshua OlorunsaiyePosted on July 23, 2020Posted in AnalyticsTagged brewers, Guinness, International, Nigeria, Profit, RevenueNo Comments

Both Nigerian Breweries and International Breweries have had their revenue grown over the years while there have been fluctuations in the revenue of Guinness during the same period under review. That said, Nigerian Breweries still remains the market leader in the Nigerian brewing industry.

[INFOGRAPHICS] 7-Year Comparison of Profits of Brewers in Nigeria

By Adebisi SamuelPosted on July 23, 2020Posted in AnalyticsTagged brewers, Guinness, Infographics, International, NigeriaNo Comments

Nigerian Breweries is the most profitable brewing company in Nigeria with Profit for the year 2019 printing at N16.11 billion. For international breweries, it has had its share of loss since the last 2 years while Guinness loss in the 7 years period came during the 2016 economic recession.

[INFOGRAPHICS] 7-Year Comparison of Operating Profits of Brewers in Nigeria

By Abdulazeez KurangaPosted on July 23, 2020Posted in AnalyticsTagged brewers, EBITDA, International, Nigeria, ProfitNo Comments

The brewing companies in Nigeria have had their operating profits decline over the years and Nigerian Breweries still appears to be the most efficient of the three major brewers in the country with EBITDA at the end of 2019 standing at 20.72%.

[INFOGRAPHICS] Countries Where Gasoline Price is Cheapest

By Adebisi SamuelPosted on July 20, 2020Posted in AnalyticsTagged Cheap, Gasoline, Iran, Nigeria, VenezuelaNo Comments

Nigeria is the 7th country in the world with the cheapest gasoline price per litre. From the list of the top 10, we note that only Qatar, Sudan and Malaysia are not OPEC members.

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