Insights & Publications
Nov, 2020
Nigeria vs Bangladesh: A Tale of Two Countries
Nigeria and Bangladesh are both developing countries, each with its challenges. The politics and social fabric in both societies are highly complex with storied and blood-drenched histories. With a population...
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Sep, 2020
Agusto & Co. Economic Newsletter: The Nigerian Q2 GDP Covid Contraction & 2020 Forecasts
The COVID-19 Quarter The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently released Nigeria's GDP growth numbers for the second quarter (Q2) of 2020. Expectedly, real GDP contracted by 6.10% year-on-year in...
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Aug, 2020
Adjusting for the Times: An Analysis of Nigeria’s Revised 2020 Fiscal Budget
A season of gloomy forecasts The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a huge blow to the global economy. What is fundamentally a public health crisis has led to economic recessions of...
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Apr, 2020
COVID-19 Pandemic – Nigerian Banks in 2020
The outlook for Nigeria and indeed the global economy has worsened owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the emergence of COVID-19, Nigeria’s economy had been on a dire strait...
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Mar, 2020
COVID-19 in Nigeria: Economic Perspectives and Mitigating the Risks
GLOBAL OVERVIEW Despite witnessing wars, natural disasters and the Great Recession, this generation is witnessing a unique global health pandemic that has challenged even the most pessimistic of doomsday naysayers....
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Feb, 2020
Agusto & Co. Economic Note: The 2019 Finance Act – Creating a New Beginning
The 2019 Finance Bill was signed by President Buhari on the 13th of January 2020 as part of his administration's new fiscal reform measures. The Bill proposed new fiscal measures...
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Jul, 2019
African Continental Free Trade & Nigerian Capital Market: Issues, Challenges & Opportunities
Africa: A Continent of self-inflicted bottlenecks Sao Tome and Principe, an island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, is just about 775KMs from Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria. That...
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Apr, 2019
Ajaokuta Steel Project and the National Asset Question
The Ajaokuta Schools of Thought Analysts have long struggled on a meaningful definition of the Ajaokuta Steel Company project (Ajaokuta). Overtime, Ajaokuta has become a knotty national discourse with...
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