As lenders in Nigeria increasingly use alternative data to assess creditworthiness, the meaning of financial access for underserved segments remains contested. Despite rising formal inclusion, now estimated at 74 per cent by EFInA, about 29 million adults...

igeria’s equity market closed 2025 with a performance that few would have confidently predicted two years earlier. The NGX delivered a year-to-date return of just over 50 percent, its strongest showing in five years and among the best-performing markets o...

Few natural resources have carried such promise, and delivered such disappointment, as crude oil. For a small group of countries, oil revenues became a launchpad for prosperity, industrialisation, and long-term stability. ...

On January 8, Bosun Tijani, the minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to implement automatic penalties on operators for network failures, with full enforcement required within 90 d...

Carbon isn’t just a liability; it’s also an asset. Here’s how Nigeria can monetise its carbon potential responsibly....

In the past few weeks, we have explored the impact of the customers, competitors, and external forces on how demand is shaped. This week, we are reviewing how the optimisation of the internal environment can help an organisation build resilience in order ...

A child’s death and a high-profile emergency should never become spectacles, yet they often do. In recent weeks, the death of Nkanu Nnamdi Adichie-Esege and public questions following Anthony Joshua’s road accident have drawn national attention not becaus...

Davos conversations usually gravitate toward the big picture: geopolitics, trade fragmentation, sovereign debt, and macroeconomic risk. Yet, tucked away in the quieter “What It Takes to Build” sessions...