Nigeria’s government is intervening to address understaffing at public universities following concerns over funding levels, while the private sector is also being bolstered to meet the country’s...
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Economic Update | Nigeria: Educators look to private sector
6 Oct 2010
Economic Update | Nigeria: Reviving the textiles sector
23 Sep 2010
Nigeria’s once vibrant textile industry has all but disappeared in recent years under competition from cheaper foreign goods. However, strengthening the real sector of the economy is a central...
Economic Update | Nigeria: A broader connection
11 Aug 2010
Nigeria’s access to the internet has long been hampered by a shortage of bandwidth, but a trio of new undersea cables is set to greatly improve the country’s connectivity. The first of these went...
Economic Update | Nigeria: Taking up non-performing loans
22 Jul 2010
After months of debate, the country’s House of Representatives and Senate passed a bill in late March establishing the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), a parastatal agency that will...
Economic Update | Tender Drama
22 Jul 2010
After nearly a decade of false starts in the sale of its state telecommunications company, Nigeria recently announced it had found a buyer. However, the privatisation appears to have hit a rocky...
Economic Update | Nigeria: Executive Decision
22 Jul 2010
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) wide-reaching reform campaign, which rocked the banking sector in 2009, is not done yet. After removing the executive management of a number of unhealthy banks and...
