Africa’s start-up funding rose in March, but the gains masked a deeper shift in investor behaviour, with capital increasingly flowing into fewer, more mature companies through debt rather than equity....

Nigeria’s pension assets climbed to N29.43 trillion in February, delivering a N1.39 trillion month-on-month surge, the strongest expansion in the more than two decades since the Contributory Pension Scheme was introduced....

For decades, Africa’s economic identity was anchored in a familiar triumvirate: South Africa, Egypt, and Nigeria. Together, these three nations accounted for the bulk of the continent’s economic output in nominal terms. ...

States across Nigeria are ramping up borrowing despite a surge in allocations from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), which has risen by 161 percent in the past three years, raising concerns about fiscal sustainability and the slow pace o...

Nigeria’s lenders are under pressure to meet an April 30 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to submit Board-approved Risk-Based Capital (RBC) stress test reports, marking a tougher phase of oversight after the industry’s recapitalisation ex...

The war in the Middle East may be geographically distant, but its economic consequences are now embedded in the daily realities of Nigerians. Ruth Tene Natsa looks into its impact on everyday Nigerians as they navigate the unstable and irregular oil price...

The global cryptocurrency sector is entering another major reset, with more than 20 blockchain projects already shutting down or winding down operations in the first three months of 2026, as falling liquidity, rising costs and changing market trends squee...

Nigeria’s climate crisis is often framed as an emissions problem....