Analyst Insight

Role of debt in Nigeria

Debt has earned a bad reputation in recent times. Private debt spiralled out of control in the 2000s and fuelled…

Why ‘cashless societies’ don’t benefit the poor

India recently tried to reduce the use of cash in its economy by eliminating, overnight, two of its most widely…

Tony Elumelu: Demystifying African business myths

I was delighted to speak on the VIP panel alongside my big brother, Mo Ibrahim, at the ‘Promoting Business Growth…

Goldman commodity analysts ask: How did we get it so wrong?

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysts might not be the only ones to have incorrectly called commodity prices this year, but…

Facebook’s easy sail to 2 billion users monthly may be coming to an end soon

In a way, getting to 2 billion users was easy for Facebook. The social network's growth has been on a…

How Apple’s iPhone changed the world: 10 years in 10 charts

Apple’s first iPhone was released 10 years ago this week — on June 29, 2007. While it wasn’t the first…