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<p>Renaissance Capital has upgraded its 2018 GDP forecast for Nigeria to 2.9 per cent. Yvonne Mhango, Director, SSA Economist at Renaissance Capital joins CNBC Africa to discuss Nigeria&#8217;s economy.</p>


Renaissance Capital upgrades Nigeria’s GDP growth forecast

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<p>The Nigerian government recently announced that that it has begun investigations that involve under declaration of taxes by tax payers and corruption among tax officials.</p>


Nigeria’s fight against tax evasion

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<p>Temilade Aduroja, SSA Analyst at Renaissance Capital joins CNBC Africa for a focus on Nigeria&#8217;s oil sector.</p>


Nigeria oil & gas industry outlook for 2018

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<p>Ejikeme Okoli, Research and Market Intelligence Officer at Diamond Bank join CNBC Africa to discuss the outlook for Nigeria&#8217;s non-oil sector in 2018.</p>


Nigeria’s non-oil sector set to grow – Expert

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<p>At the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos, CNBC Africa&#8217;s Chris Bishop caught up with Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Co-chair of Global Commission on the economy and climate for what the forum is doing about climate change.</p>


Ngozi Okonjo Iweala talks climate change at WEF

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<p>Moody&#8217;s recently published its Outlook report on Sub Saharan Africa for 2018 and projects a 3.5 per cent GDP growth for the region with a negative outlook.</p>


Moody’s outlook for SSA negative in 2018

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<p>Shoreline Natural Resources recently announced a new $530 million-dollar financing in the Nigerian upstream sector. The company plans to use the funds to refinance its existing debt, enable additional investment in the further development of OML30.</p>


Nigeria’s Shoreline in $530mn deal to boost oil output

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<p>Nigeria&#8217;s House of Representatives passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill yesterday, which provides the governance and institutional framework for the petroleum industry and for other related matters.</p>


Nigeria passes major oil reform bill after 17 year struggle

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<p>After speaking to CEOs, analysts and policy makers about what their expectations for 2018 this week, CNBC Africa hit the streets of Lagos to find out what the people think.</p>


Nigerians speak out about their expectations of 2018

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<p>Nigeria plans to allocate 30.8 per cent of the 2018 budget to capital expenditure, while N3.5 trillion will be spent on recurrent expenditure. With the bulk of the 2018 spending budget dedicated to infrastructure development and security.</p>


Nigeria’s 2018 budget: Who gets what, and why?

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<p>Data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that Nigeria’s inflation for December 2017 slowed to 15.37 per cent from 15.91 per cent in November. Yemi Kale, Statistician General of the National Bureau of Statistics joins CNBC Africa from Abuja for an outlook on inflation in 2018.</p>


Nigeria’s inflation drops to 15.37 % in December – Yemi Kale

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<p>NSE CEO Oscar Onyema says the political activities, currency movements will have some effect on the markets this year but he expects that they will be short lived as performance of the business activities will ultimately determine market performance.</p>


NSE’s Oscar Onyema reviews 2017 market performance, gives outlook for 2018

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<p>Nigeria was up 24 places in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business report and was recognized as one of the top 10 improved economies globally. But is the current business environment across the country an entrepreneur&#8217;s dream?</p>


Biggest business challenges Nigerian entrepreneurs face

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<p>The governor of Kebbi State, in Nigeria’s North East, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu says a new approach to the herdsmen crisis rocking the region is needed.</p>


New approach needed to tackle Nigeria’s herdsmen crisis

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<p>As the world&#8217;s third biggest hotel chain, Intercontinental Hotels finalizes its exit from Nigeria, CNBC Africa had a chat with Trevor Ward, Managing Director, W Hospitality Group to discuss what to expect from Nigeria&#8217;s hospitality industry this year.</p>


What to expect from Nigeria’s hospitality space in 2018

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<p>Kasi Insight launched its monthly Africa consumer index and Yannick Lefang, CEO of Kasi Insight believes that data gathering is the path to Africa&#8217;s prosperity.</p>


Data can help tackle Africa’s biggest problems – Kasi Insight CEO

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<p>CNBC Africa’s Oyedamola Akinsanya caught up with Access Bank’s Deputy Managing Director, Roosevelt Ogbonna, on the side-lines of the Africa fintech disrupt conference, to discuss how the bank is positioning for the disruptive era.</p>


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Renaissance Capital upgrades Nigeria’s GDP growth forecast

Nigeria’s fight against tax evasion

Nigeria oil & gas industry outlook for 2018

Nigeria’s non-oil sector set to grow – Expert

Ngozi Okonjo Iweala talks climate change at WEF

Moody’s outlook for SSA negative in 2018

Nigeria’s Shoreline in $530mn deal to boost oil output

Nigeria passes major oil reform bill after 17 year struggle

Nigerians speak out about their expectations of 2018

Nigeria’s 2018 budget: Who gets what, and why?

Nigeria’s inflation drops to 15.37 % in December – Yemi Kale

NSE’s Oscar Onyema reviews 2017 market performance, gives outlook for 2018

Biggest business challenges Nigerian entrepreneurs face

New approach needed to tackle Nigeria’s herdsmen crisis

What to expect from Nigeria’s hospitality space in 2018

Data can help tackle Africa’s biggest problems – Kasi Insight CEO

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Renaissance Capital upgrades Nigeria’s GDP growth forecast

Nigeria’s fight against tax evasion

Nigeria oil & gas industry outlook for 2018

Nigeria’s non-oil sector set to grow – Expert

Ngozi Okonjo Iweala talks climate change at WEF

Moody’s outlook for SSA negative in 2018

Nigeria’s Shoreline in $530mn deal to boost oil output

Nigeria passes major oil reform bill after 17 year struggle

Nigerians speak out about their expectations of 2018

Nigeria’s 2018 budget: Who gets what, and why?

Nigeria’s inflation drops to 15.37 % in December – Yemi Kale

NSE’s Oscar Onyema reviews 2017 market performance, gives outlook for 2018

Biggest business challenges Nigerian entrepreneurs face

New approach needed to tackle Nigeria’s herdsmen crisis

What to expect from Nigeria’s hospitality space in 2018

Data can help tackle Africa’s biggest problems – Kasi Insight CEO

Access Bank’s new plan to keep up with digital disruptors

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