Nigeria could become biggest oil refiner in the region by 2025, Hawilti, a pan-African investment research firm, has predicted, a prediction that comes as a surprise in light of the west African nation’s longstanding struggle with shortage of petroleum products for its population, Africa’s largest. According to Hawilti’s recent report titled “Refineries watch Q4 2022”, […]
More than 300,000 Africans could lose their life to Covid-19 if the continent does not receive the adequate protection, warns the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). In a report released this Friday, the ECA says Africa’s fragile health systems could see additional costs being imposed on them because of the coronavirus pandemic, which so […]
Atlantique Finance, a subsidiary of Morocco’s pan-African Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) group, has emerged as the leading investment and brokerage firm in West Africa’s economic and monetary union, achieving a remarkable 25% market share and transaction volume of 235 billion CFA francs (approximately $358 million) in 2024. The firm’s ascent to market leadership among 36 […]
