Tag: World Bank Group

Inequality in Africa touched a record in 2022 when the continent became the most unequal region in the globe after ...

By supporting Johnvents, IFC is assisting the company to meet higher demand and access new markets, while boosting Nigeria's competitiveness ...

"The world has to see us as a continent that can help the rest of the world, and not perceive ...

The bank said 600 million Africans lack access to electricity, creating significant barriers to health care, education, productivity, digital inclusivity, ...

Africa’s richest man and the founder of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote is among the business big shots that are attending ...

“The natural resource-backed loans are non-transparent, expensive and make debt resolution difficult.”

US President Joe Biden announced Mr Banga’s nomination in February

According to the statement announcing his appointment, Mr Montgomery will take up his appointment in April.

The world leaders emphasised that food inflation remains high across the world

Naira fell to N715 against the dollar at the black market on Friday, leaving the gap with the official market ...

PREMIUM TIMES reported the Tuesday attack on a presidential team in Katsina, the ambush of security officials in the same ...

The bank's chief says Nigeria also faces trade barriers that continue to distort trade and capital flows.

The Washington-based institution also announced a 60-month debarment of Isah Kantigi, the company’s managing director.

World Bank cites the rebound to higher oil prices as well as accelerated growth in telecommunication and financial services.

The group says it will be working on a new approach to assessing the business and investment climate.

As various statistics and Nigeria's grim economic reality have shown, financial inclusion should not be exclusive or limited to adults.

By making refund claims the tribunal believed to be fraudulent, Nigeria was denied reimbursement.

Mr Malpass, however, said the pandemic and global recession might cause over 1.4 per cent of the world’s population to ...

Of the total external debt stock, the federal government owes N9.824 trillion, or $27.214 billion (about 31.6 per cent) of ...

The World Bank Group President, David Malpass, said the situation erases much of the recent progress recorded in poverty alleviation ...

Mr Chaudhuri, a U.S. national who grew up in India, joined the World Bank in 2004 and has held several ...

IMF’s by-laws prohibits the appointment of a candidate aged 65 or above as its Managing Director.

The bank says 60 per cent of its programmes were implemented at the state level and 40 per cent by ...

The report notes that 'significant gaps' exist in developing regions between the proportion of adults who save and those who ...

Finance minister Zainab Ahmed says Nigeria's borrowings are within fiscal limits.