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Nigeria: Nigeria May Overtake S/Africa As Africa's Largest Economy in Two Yrs
Leadership, 13 November 2013
Nigeria is likely to take South Africa's position as the continent's largest economy within two years, a Reuters' poll has found. Nigeria's gross domestic product will receive an… Read more »
Nigeria to Trump South Africa as Leading Economy?
The country could claim South Africa's crown as the continent's economic champion within two years, helped by a major statistical revision of the size of its economy, according to a Reuters poll.
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Africa: New Data to Show That Nigeria Has Overtaken South Africa as Africa's Largest Economy
SACSIS, 6 November 2013
Nigeria is expected to release revised economic figures in December to show that the country has overtaken South Africa as Africa's largest economy. Read more »
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Africa: Will Nigeria Overtake South Africa as Regional Powerhouse?
ThinkAfricaPress, 4 February 2013
Projections that Nigeria's economy will be more important than South Africa's by 2020 underplay serious instabilities in Nigeria's economy, political systems and surrounding… Read more »
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Nigeria: Agriculture, Not Oil Will Restore Economy, Says Okorocha
This Day, 2 February 2013
Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha has warned against over dependence on oil revenue, pointing out that the economy would remain stagnant if not diversified. Read more »
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Africa: Nigeria Nips At South Africa's Heels
This is Africa, 1 June 2012
With Nigeria's GDP set for re-basing this year, South Africa's economic dominance is under pressure Read more »
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Nigeria: South African Retailers Spread Into Major Cities
This Day, 23 December 2012
Amid the slowdown in economic activities and the attendant fall in people's purchasing power, some major retailers from South Africa have decided to increase their sphere of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Tiger Brand's Incursion Into Local Food Industry Could Create Monopoly
Vanguard, 17 December 2012
The recent take-over of majority stake in two of Nigeria's leading food manufacturing companies - UAC Foods and Dangote Flour Mills- by a South African company, Tiger Brands, could… Read more »
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Nigeria: 'The Nation's Economy May Overtake South Africa by 2025'
This Day, 29 June 2011
Nigeria's economy may reach about $400 billion by the end of the decade and could overtake South Africa by 2025, economist at Morgan Stanley said in a research note. Read more »
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Nigeria: Standard Bank Unveils Expansion Plans
This Day, 14 October 2011
The Standard Bank Group said Thursday it had designed various strategies to ensure that it increased its market share in the Nigerian banking space through its subsidiary - Stanbic… Read more »
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Nigeria: Country to Overtake South Africa As China's Trading Partner?
This Day, 14 September 2011
Nigeria will soon overtake South Africa as China's biggest trading partner, Nigeria's ambassador to the Peoples Republic of China, Alhaji Aminu Bashir Wali, told THISDAY in… Read more »
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Africa: Climbing the Value Chain
This is Africa, 5 July 2012
Processing natural resources will help African countries maximise the economic impact of rich endowments. Read more »
InFocus
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A report by the South African office of the American investment bank, Goldman Sachs, is generating controversy in South Africa. Welcomed by the government and the ruling African ... Read more »
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President Jacob Zuma has blamed the countries colonial past for the slow economic growth. He was speaking during an Aljazeera interview, following the World Economic Forum. Read more »
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Ratings company Fitch says the country's remained at the same rank as last year with indices showing a stable but non-progressive economic outlook. Read more »
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As the build-up towards the fifth BRICS summit due to be held in Durban, South Africa in March, gets under way in Limpopo, Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and ... Read more »
