Phillip Isakpa
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Phillip Isakpa is Businessamlive Executive Editor.
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AfDB, partners burnish Africa as next frontier for global investors
Phillip Isakpa
November 14, 2023
Showcase continent’s value chain at AIF AIF raises $34.82bn investment interest Plus $3bn off boardroom raise $177.42bn now
Global banking in best performance since 2007, says McKinsey report
Phillip Isakpa
October 16, 2023
Higher rates boost profits by $280bn in 2022 ROE average 12% in 2022, 13% expected in 2023 Against 9% average ROE since 2010 4
Tinubu faces ‘political motivation’ vs. ‘independence’ choices for CBN governor
Phillip Isakpa
August 21, 2023
When the curtains are drawn today, August 21, 2023, a new head of the Nigerian treasury, officially designated ‘Minister of Finance’,
$5bn-$10bn!: Big stash of dollars needed, fast, to stabilise naira spiral
Phillip Isakpa
August 14, 2023
Policymakers, in particular monetary policy chiefs at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the broader economic policy czars at the
Analysts fault CBN’s new FX market management
Phillip Isakpa
August 7, 2023
CBN distorting FX market with fiat actions Financial market analysts say they have found some fault lines in the Central Bank
Nigeria railways highly vulnerable as debt service, revenue in mismatch
Phillip Isakpa
July 31, 2023
N218.7bn debt service vs. N20.8bn revenue Concession, market-reflective tickets suggested Will China pounce? About 125 years after the
IMF expert sees lifeline for CBN’s e-Naira in mobile money
Phillip Isakpa
July 24, 2023
Nigeria’s underperforming e-Naira, Africa’s first and the world’s second central bank digital currency (CBDC) introduced in October
Economy faces fiscally hawkish, monetary tightening second half, say analysts
Phillip Isakpa
July 3, 2023
Eye on Tinubu’s incoming finance Czar, CBN chief Analysts say they now stand in wait to see who the fiscally hawkish
Emefiele’s exit: Analysts seek competitive process for recruitment of next CBN governor
Phillip Isakpa
June 13, 2023
The suspension by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and eventual arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS) operatives of Godwin
Analysts feast on Tinubu’s inaugural, positive in outlook
Phillip Isakpa
June 5, 2023
After at least eight years of the Nigerian economy drifting and feeling shortchanged by inept management, markets and economic