While agriculture accounts for about 40% of its national GDP, Nigeria currently produces only a small portion of the fertiliser consumed by its farmers. However, a radical change is in sight, with...
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Economic Update | Nigeria: Increasing fertilisers production
15 Aug 2011
Economic Update | Nigeria: Sowing the seeds
29 Jul 2011
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced a new initiative that could boost private sector lending to the agriculture industry. The Nigerian Incentive-based Risk-sharing System for...
Economic Update | South Africa: Ups and downs in mining
27 Jul 2011
While South Africa’s mining sector is currently benefitting handsomely from high commodity prices and increasing production, strikes and a debate over nationalism threaten to slow growth ahead.
Economic Update | Nigeria: A fresh start
15 Jul 2011
Two years after the margin lending crisis first struck, the process of cleaning up Nigeria’s banking sector continues. Most recently, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) aggressive efforts to improve...
Economic Update | Egypt: Taking matters into its own hands
14 Jul 2011
With its recently passed budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year, Egypt has established a revised set of ambitious targets for tackling its public expenditures. Having rebuffed aid offers from several...
Economic Update | Nigeria: Interest in non-interest banking
4 Jul 2011
Nigeria's plans to further develop its Islamic finance sector received a major boost on June 20 when the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) granted a local bank provisional approval to operate as an...
