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Who will get full control of Libya’s oil riches?
We are now at a crossroads in Libya where a military solution is temporarily off the table, as factions and their external allies wrangle...
PUMP OR DUMP? : With oil in decline, Africa ponders its energy future
As the COVID-19 pandemic bashes economies and demand for oil, many African nations dependent on exporting fossil fuels are “haemorrhaging” cash, African energy experts...
Oil up on tighter supply, expectations for positive data
Oil prices rose on Monday, supported by tighter supplies and a string of data expected to show economic recovery across the globe and despite...
European travel bans are counter-productive and hurting the Oil & Gas Sector’s ability to support Africa’s economic recovery
Restrictions of visa issuance are de facto preventing a lot of projects to move forward and to successfully contribute to the recovery of the...
COVID-19 and the oil price slump in Africa: which countries will fare better?
In Africa, the twin challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent drop in oil prices are affecting countries in different ways: net energy exporters...
Africa starts opening airspace even as COVID-19 cases climb
Relatively few confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported in Africa. Less air travel might be a factor after most countries closed their borders. But...
Kenneth Rogoff’s thoughts … Will universities learn from lockdowns?
Will COVID-19 finally trigger a long-overdue technological disruption of higher education? Throughout the world, sudden mid-semester lockdowns aimed at combating the pandemic forced universities...
Bank of Africa partners CFAO to introduce new vehicle finance facility
Bank of Africa in partnership with CFAO Ghana Limited in June this year launched a Vehicle Financing Facility. The idea of the Vehicle Finance...
Beatrice Annangfio’s thoughts … Ghana sleeping on renewable energy adoption
“All across the world we are noticing growth…. Technology growth is the driving principles that are developing renewable energy resources. But Ghana seems to...
Vikram Haksar and Emanuel Kopp on Back to Basics: How can interest rates be negative?
Central banks are starting to experiment with negative interest rates to stimulate their countries’ economies
Money has been around for a long time. And we...