September 09
Nigeria: Nigeria - Protecting the Vulnerable On the Path to Progress
Returning to Nigeria after five years, I was struck by the changes - both the challenges and the opportunities. To better understand these dynamics, I have been undertaking visits… Read more »
July 26, 2023
Africa: Exchange Rate Movements Due to Interest Rates, Speculation, Not Fundamentals
Currency values and foreign exchange rates change for many reasons, largely following market perceptions, regardless of fundamentals. Market speculation has worsened volatility,… Read more »
May 17, 2023
Africa: The End of Dollar Supremacy
Half a century ago, the dominance of the United States dollar in the international finance and trade system was indisputable. Read more »
March 06, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's Unbanked, Poor Get Reprieve After Court Rules Naira Deadline Unconstitutional
Nigerians confronted by hardships over the scarcity of the newly redesigned naira notes in conjunction with the country's cashless policy introduced by the apex bank have had a… Read more »
November 25, 2022
Zimbabwe: Cattle Turn Into New Currency Amid Inflation in Zimbabwe
In 2007 as inflation walloped the Zimbabwean currency, rendering it valueless, then 54-year-old Langton Musaigwa of Mataruse village west of Zimbabwe in Mberengwa district switched… Read more »