Online is a Lifeline
Juliet Ehimuan
13 hrs
By Juliet Ehimuan, Country Director, Google Nigeria DURING LOCKDOWN, MANY OF US did things we would never have thought possible from a distance. We saw friends and family, gathered round a screen. We studied in our kitchens and living rooms. We no longer went to work but work instead came to us. Online tools have been […]
Nigeria Oil and Gas: Impact of Oil Price Volatility and COVID-19
Tina Blazquez-Lopez13 hrs
By Tina Blazquez-Lopez, BCLP Counsel in Dubai Nigeria is the largest oil producer in Africa and the sixth-largest oil-producing country in the world. Although the oil and gas sector accounts for a modest 10% (approx.) of GDP, the upstream oil industry accounts for more than 90% of the country’s exports and 80% of the government’s revenue. […]
Five years of the New Deal on Energy for Africa
Kelvin KariukiJuly 7, 2020
By Kelvin Kariuki FIVE YEARS INTO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK’S ambitious New Deal on Energy for Africa (NDEA), the Bank’s investments are set to provide electricity access to around 13 million people and deliver about 55,000 km of distribution lines, and 6,700 km of transmission lines, of which 3,200 km are for regional interconnections. The […]
Accountability approach to the Nigerian data protection regulation
Michael IreneJuly 6, 2020
The notion of accountability in the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation places unencumbered pressures on data protection experts, various data privacy stakeholders, and even data protection authorities. On one level, it encompasses the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation’s principles and helps organisations display how their processes and business procedures align with the data protection regulation locally and […]
Nigeria: Contribution of non-oil exports to economic growth
Timi OlubiyiJuly 6, 2020
By Timi Olubiyi, Ph.D. Nigerian revenues have consistently come from two sources: oil and non-oil. The former has historically been the most significant contributor to budget finance of the nation. Therefore, Nigeria is an economy that is mostly dependent on crude-oil and with the fall in the price of crude oil, the country needs […]
Microfinance Bank License: Steps to obtain CBN approval
Adolphus AbrahamJuly 6, 2020
It seems to me that the recapitalisation fever for microfinance banks is gradually reaching a crescendo following the extension of the April 2020 deadline to meet half of the new minimum capital to April 2021 and going by the nature of calls I have received during this period. The question that ranked most during the […]
Some considerations of deletion in privacy compliance
Michael IreneJune 29, 2020
Deletion is a notable piece of privacy compliance strategy and most organisations struggle to tackle it. Tackling this particular task means companies must ask themselves the right questions. What kind of data can we delete? Do we have the right to delete such data? Does the data subject know that data will be deleted? What […]
Nigerian capital market: Pandemic, performance and palliative
Timi OlubiyiJune 29, 2020
By Timi Olubiyi, Ph.D. A cross the world, the impact of the novel coronavirus is still severe despite the ease of lockdown for economic reasons. The uncertainty continues to heighten and no economy is spared from the fall-out from the COVID-19 outbreak. Many African capital markets are bearish, Namibia, South Africa, Mauritius, Egypt, Morocco, […]
Defining MfB customer post-pandemic?
Adolphus AbrahamJune 29, 2020
With the outbreak of Covid 19, everything has changed and in an attempt to prevent further spread, there have been several protocols for individuals, families and organisations. Currently, there is the prevention strategy of social distancing, constant washing of hands to maintain a high level of hygiene, the use of face mask and a stay […]
Managing our inorganic state (2)
Charles IyoreJune 29, 2020
By Charles Iyore Africa’s leadership challenges It is pertinent at this point, to review one attempt at building a self-equilibrating and, therefore, organic African economy. President Ibrahim Babangida, made some bold decisions and deregulated the core financial system area of Banking and Finance. At that time, there were also rice and food riots all over […]