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Elumelu unveils Digital Economy for Africa Forum with World Bank President, LinkedIn CEO

Chairman, Heirs Holdings and Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu will join Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group and Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn CEO at the opening debate of the ‘Digital Economy for Africa’ Forum in Washington, D.C organised by the World Bank Group. The event, which will hold on April 19, 2018, […]

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World Bank laments Nigeria dependence on oil, calls for critical investments

The World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, Thursday, called on the governments of Nigeria and other developing countries to urgently make critical investments that would shield their economies from sudden shocks in the global economy in the years ahead, warning that the GDP growth that saw the country out of recession was too lean for […]

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‘Nigeria will grow its GDP by 1 pct’, says World Bank

After plunging into its worst recession in over two decades, the World Bank projects that Nigeria will get out of recession, and grow its gross domestic product (GDP) by one per cent this year. According to reports, the global financial institution also said the global economy will accelerate moderately to 2.7 per cent this year. […]

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