World Bank

Infrastructure

Nigeria secures $126m in fresh funding for 90,000km fibre rollout

Plu Team -
Nigeria has secured $126 million in new European backing for Project BRIDGE, the federal...
Economy

World Bank warns Nigeria: 139m citizens still in poverty despite reform progress

Plu Team -
The World Bank has warned that while Nigeria’s recent economic reforms have begun to...
Economy

World Bank: Nigeria’s crushing poverty to worsen despite oil wealth

Plu Team -
Despite Nigeria’s natural resource wealth and repeated government assurances of progress, more citizens are...
Economy

Why cost-of-living crisis is acute in Sub-Saharan Africa – IMF

Eric Ojo -
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given reasons it says have intensified the ongoing...
Food

World Bank approves $50 million for Nigeria’s worsening nutrition crisis

Plu Team -
The World Bank has approved a $50 million allocation under the Accelerating Nutrition Results...
Economy

World Bank appoints new country director for Nigeria

Plu Team -
The World Bank has appointed Ndiamé Diop as its new country director for Nigeria. Mr Diop,...
Africa

World Bank, IMF meetings return to Africa after 50 years

Eric Ojo -
The annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will go...
Africa

Exclusive: World Bank denies Uganda bias, explains gay law decision

Olawale Afolabi -
The World Bank has denied bias in its decision to halt further lending to...
Africa

World Bank suspends lending to Uganda over anti-LGBTQ law

Jane Kalu -
The World Bank says it is suspending financial assistance to the Ugandan government after...
Economy

World Bank cuts Nigerian economy growth forecast again

Jane Kalu -
Nigerian economy will grow at a slower pace in 2023 than projected six months...
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