Sub-Saharan Africa Growth To Hit 3.4% In 2021 — W/Bank       Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expected to rise between 2.3 percent and 3.4 percent in 2021 after contracting by 2 percent last year. Stating this yesterday, the World Bank also said that prospects for...

Akwa Ibom Receives $20m From W/Bank, Fed Govt       The Akwa Ibom State Government says it has received $20 million from the World Bank and the federal government in the cash transfer programme for poor people in the state. The Commissioner for Economic Development and Ibom Deep...

FG, W/Bank Begin Process To Rebase Nigeria’s GDP       The Federal Government in collaboration with the World Bank have commenced the process to rebase Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product. Experts describe GDP as the final value of the goods and services that are produced within a nation’s geographic...

Numbers Of Poor Nigerians’ll Increase By 15m Soon – W/Bank         Nigeria needs to implement key reforms in order to get the economy out of the current doldrums and achieve sustainable inclusive growth, the World Bank and the Chairman of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Dr...

Climate Change: W/Bank Plans $5bn Investment In Africa         The World Bank plans to invest over $5bn over the next five years to help restore degraded landscapes, improve agriculture productivity, and promote livelihoods across 11 African countries on a swathe of land stretching from Senegal to...

Low Revenues, Poor Investments, Others Threaten Nigeria’s 2021 Growth – W'Bank       The World Bank has said that Nigeria’s growth is expected to resume by 1.1 per cent in 2021 from a contraction of 4.1 per cent in 2020. It also said the global economy would expand...