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Economics, Policy & Regulation

A TENSE NIGERIA PUSHES BACK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Milestones | Nigeria A week before it was to take place, Nigeria’s presidential election was postponed for fear it would spark violence. The election was originally scheduled for February 14 but has been pushed back six weeks to March 28. The outcome of this delay is unclear.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

MOZAMBIQUE COMING INTO ITS OWN

Country Report | Mozambique Mozambique is the current star in Africa’s rising inward-investment constellation. For much of the last quarter of the 20th century, Mozambique was a war zone. Today the only war on its horizon is a bidders war, as investors salivate over the opportunities this Southern African country offers.

Banking

Deepening Africa’s Financial Markets

<strong>Africa | Emerging Markets Regional Review</strong><br /> African economies are well on their way to transforming the region’s status from a frontier to an emerging market. The IMF predicts Africa will grow by 5.8% in 2015, up from 5.1% this year, with Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique projected to growth over 8%.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

CEMENTING REGIONAL TIES

AFRICA 2014 | UNITY<br /> Africa’s dream of greater economic unity is gradually becoming a reality, with plans to establish a free-trade area spanning eastern and southern African countries well under way. Yet it could take time for the associated economic and trading benefits to play out.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

ELUMELU RETURNS TO UBA TO CONSOLIDATE AFRICA GAINS

NEWSMAKERS | POLAND<br /> Tony Elumelu, former managing director and CEO of United Bank for Africa, returned to the bank in late August as chairman, following his appointment by the shareholders.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

NIGERIA: LIGHTING UP THE POWER SECTOR

COUNTRY REPORT | NIGERIA<br /> Nigeria lacks one key element for stellar growth: a power sector commensurate with its prospects.
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