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Briefings on the Margin
All that glitters is state property
Accra has decided that large-scale mining companies must hand over 30 per cent of their gold production from July. The State-owned Gold Board will pay for these doré gold bars in local cedis, kindly offering a tiny discount of less than one per cent again...
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Nigeria’s GTCO is the bank that gains most when it lends least
Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) habours a bank of silent riddles. Nigeria's most admired bank closed 2025 with N1.23 trillion pre-tax earnings, a near-new cost-to-income ratio of 27.9 per cent, and a capital adequacy ratio of 43.8 per cent. ...
Editor | Jun 09, 2026
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Hot money mirage hides cold realities as Lagos dances to a carry trade tune
On first inspection, the number looks like a vindication. Nigeria’s capital importation surged 84 per cent year-on-year to U$10.37 billion in the first quarter of 2026 (Q12026), according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). For an administration t...
Editor | Jun 09, 2026
YSOT
Systems of Participation Without Control: The Fragmented State of National Power
…Thought-provoking voices on solutions to Nigeria's developmental challenges!...
Editor | Jun 05, 2026
MacroFiscal Risk Africa
South Africa’s regulatory certainty deficit is testing the patience of foreign capital
South Africa offers a paradox that emerging-market analysts have become used to, awash with credible institutions but nonetheless striving so hard to make itself unwelcoming to the capital it desperately needs....
Editor | Jun 04, 2026
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Nigeria insurance naira threshold and the fragile cover
Nigeria's insurers have long been the awkward guests at Africa’sfinancial services table. They are always present, but rarely significant. ...
Editor | Jun 02, 2026
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Shoprite Nigeria’s adventure and the tale of a giant that lost its way
Shoprite arrived Nigeria with fanfare, left Nigeria in silence, and took more than groceries with it. Nigeria had for long yearned for modern convenience...
Editor | Jun 02, 2026
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Nigerian banks pan-African calculus: Empire or earnings?
For over a decade, Nigeria’s Tier-1 lenders have crisscrossed the continent, planting corporate flags from Accra to Nairobi. Critics dismissed this pan-African expansion as expensive vanity projects and testamentary monuments to continental empire-buildin...
Editor | Jun 02, 2026
YSoT
Between Fragile Institutions and Enduring Survival: How Societies Rebuild Trust When Systems Fail
…Thought-provoking voices on solutions to Nigeria's developmental challenges!...
Editor | May 29, 2026
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