In general, Africa journeyed from a net exporter to a net importer of agricultural products over the past fifty years. This means Africa no longer produces enough food to feed its own people much less supply world markets. The recent

THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has spelt out the guidelines for investment in any of the 10 troubled banks.

African Stars finally turned a new page in its 57 years of existence, after local businessman Sidney Martin yesterday officially announced he has now acquired the team with a view of turning it into a commercial entity.

In last week's article, "Dollar Reserves: Who Owns What?" we endeavoured to lift the shroud over the amorphous concept of Nigeria's foreign reserves. Incidentally, the Senate has lately in consonance with our position, also frowned at the illegality of the

Driven by substantial improvement on the share prices of majority of the listed equities, the value of listed equities on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), last week, rose by N152.80 billion.

Investors, market regulators, and market participants have learnt many lessons since 2007 about the relationships and interconnected nature of financial markets across the world. The near collapse of the global financial markets and the ripple effects that are still reverberating

YESTERDAY I commented on some problems company managements have in trying to run their operations relative to external investment fundamentals. At the annual general meeting of Murray and Roberts (M&R), some of these problems were highlighted when the directors gave

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua said yesterday that the Petroleum Industry Bill(PIB) now before the National Assembly, is basically intended to reposition the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), encourage investment and ensure transparency in the oil and gas sector.

ZIMBABWE'S banking institutions might not witness any foreign investment in future due to the unfavourable laws and procedures required by the Reserve Bank, Zimbabwe Investment Authority and the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange for listed banks. According to information gleaned from the

ODU'A Investment Company Limited has applauded the contributions of its out-going chairman, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi which has led to the turning around of the fortunes of the conglomerate in the last two years.

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Cadbury Nigeria Plc has gotten regulatory approval to extend its N22.2 billion Rights Issue by one week following the call for extension by shareholders.

After two days of uninterrupted rise in the key market indices, the bullish run in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) was halted, Wednesday, as the value of listed equities depreciated by N52.35 billion.

The financial crisis has been with us sufficiently long for even a non-sophisticated reader to grasp its basics. The initial signs originating from sub-prime mortgages prompted the question 'What is it?' This was soon followed by 'What is causing it?'

Kenyans will continue paying high interest rates on loans despite measures by the Central Bank of Kenya to reduce them.

AIG Investments has reviewed the country's economic growth projection to a low of 1.5 per cent -- the lowest forecast yet -- citing adverse weather conditions, high cost of energy, and a steep rise in the cost of goods, as