Vol 7 (AAC) No 2 | NIGERIACHINA Construction boom ahead 30th November 2013 Nigeria's state-backed mortgage provider FMBN is in talks with two Chinese financial institutions about a US$6 bn. loan for new housing With the national population reaching 174 million this year, the the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria estimates the housing deficit at 17 mn. units. However, talks led by...
Vol 55 No 10 | SIERRA LEONE Only you 16th May 2014 President Ernest Bai Koroma’s loyalists in the governing All People’s Congress are again clamouring for him to stand for a third term. That would require a change to...
Vol 56 No 24 | SIERRA LEONE Stalemate over Koidu diamonds as economy sinks 4th December 2015 After inconclusive talks in London, the government is at odds with the mine- owners and their bankers as it tries to keep the operation alive Britain's Standard Chartered Bank is caught in the middle of an increasingly bitter feud between the Sierra Leone government and the heavily-indebted Octéa Limited, owner of the country’s... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 15 | NIGERIA Peter Obi shakes up the political class 21st July 2022 The depth of the country's crises is forcing voters to rethink their choices – to the great benefit of the former governor of Anambra state Millionaire bankers make improbable revolutionaries, especially in Nigeria. But Peter Obi, the geeky former governor of Anambra state, is upending the political establishment's complacency about next year's presidential...
Vol 42 No 13 | SIERRA LEONE Minimal contracts 29th June 2001 Ukrainian businessman Leonid Minin, named by Africa Confidential and the United Nations sanctions committee as a leading arms supplier to the Revolutionary United Front, was rearrested by Italian...