Nigeria's telecommunications infrastructure has received a boost from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which granted local group Helios Towers $250m in mezzanine financing to expand its...
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Economic Update | Financing Telecoms Expansion
22 Jul 2010
Economic Update | Funding Education
22 Jul 2010
Negotiations between the Nigerian government and several university staff unions have led to the end of a three-month strike and the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU). Public teachers'...
Economic Update | Real Estate Rising Again
22 Jul 2010
Kuwait's real estate market appears to be moving towards recovery, with falling interest rates and increasing confidence helping to lift sales.
Economic Update | Ensuring Success
22 Jul 2010
On the back of a massive clean up of the banking sector, Nigeria's insurance regulator, the Nigerian Insurance Commission (NAICOM), is looking to reform its own industry.
Economic Update | Watching Brief
22 Jul 2010
The year 2009 is shaping up as a transitional one for Nigerian capital markets, with investors still cautiously trading as the effects of slower economic growth and restructuring in the dominant...
Economic Update | Getting IT Right
22 Jul 2010
Having been an early convert to the cause of information and communications technology (ICT), both as a tool of the economy and a sector in its own right, Dubai is looking to maintain its edge over...
