Access Holdings Plc is stitching together a pan-African banking empire but its acquisitions are coming at a steep cost, for now. In 2024, the group posted the weakest profitability metrics among Nigeria’s top five banks...

Despite decades of economic reform, Sub-Saharan Africa remains trapped in poverty, with few lasting gains to show for nearly half a century. From Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) in the 1980s to today’s budget cuts and free market reforms...

Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and most populous nation, is wrestling with a growing debt crisis that threatens its fiscal stability. While the country’s total public debt remains within manageable limits relative to GDP...

As Nollywood strengthens its foothold on YouTube, filmmakers are grappling with mounting intellectual property (IP) challenges. Bimbo Ademoye, a celebrated Nollywood actress, has publicly criticised YouTube channels that exploit the titles and thumbnails...

African airlines are flocking to Nigeria to leverage opportunities offered by the game changer, the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM)....

The financial health of Nigeria’s downstream oil sector is coming under fresh scrutiny. Despite robust revenue growth across leading players, weak profit margins, rising debt levels...

Nigeria’s inflation crisis shows no signs of abating in 2025. Fresh data reveals that year-on-year headline inflation climbed to 24.23% in March, up from 23.18% in February and 24.48% in January. ...

In a country where more than half of the population lives on less than $2 a day, families are spending an average of N33.6 million ($21,000) to educate just one child from primary school to a university degree....