Marcel Okeke
Marcel-Okeke
Marcel Okeke, a practising economist and consultant in Business Strategy & Sustainability based in Lagos, is a former Chief Economist at Zenith Bank Plc. He can be reached at: obioraokeke2000@yahoo.com; +2348033075697 (text only)
Export drive strategy for Nigeria’s FX crises
Marcel OkekeOctober 9, 2023
Certainly, if Nigeria has not made much progress in its economic growth and development strides, it is essentially because of its very
The CBN caveat on banks’ profits carries implications
Marcel OkekeSeptember 25, 2023
A seemingly innocuous memo from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to all banks regarding their audited financial results in the
Market forces turn their back on Nigerian economy
Marcel OkekeSeptember 19, 2023
The original headline for this piece, which came in the form of a question, (Are market forces failing Nigeria?), was necessitated by
Zeroing in on airlines in Nigeria’s FX crisis
Marcel OkekeSeptember 11, 2023
The multifaceted and unfathomable challenges posed by acute shortage of foreign exchange (hard currencies) in Nigeria are unfolding
Are foreign investors deserting Nigeria?
Marcel OkekeSeptember 4, 2023
It is a sheer paradox that the more Nigeria tries to woo foreign investors, the more those investors flee in droves from the country.
CBN: How much, really, is Nigeria’s external reserve?
Marcel OkekeAugust 28, 2023
The deafening silence of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) since JP Morgan’s very shocking revelation a few weeks ago that Nigeria’s
Nigerian Naira @ auction! It’s going … going … going?
Marcel OkekeAugust 21, 2023
One of the key policies of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration in Nigeria is the unification of exchange rates of the
Lesson notes in the Nigeria exit of GlaxoSmithKline
Marcel OkekeAugust 14, 2023
The sudden exit of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Nigeria Plc announced via a letter to the Board of directors of the company (which
Growing corporate casualties of Nigeria’s Naira floatation
Marcel OkekeAugust 7, 2023
Suddenly and steadily, many corporate entities in Nigeria are grinding to a close courtesy of the impact of recent harsh economic
Tinubu’s Unforced Economic Tsunami: Whither Nigeria?
Marcel OkekeJuly 31, 2023
Beyond every iota of doubt, the pace, variety and number of ‘policies’ unleashed by the two-months-old President Bola Ahmed Tinubu