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Well-being, corruption perception, global competitive and misery indexes are used for measuring a country’s economic performance. This article will focus on the misery index– which shows how happy or miserable a particular populace is. Given the rapid increase in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, the...
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing real damage to businesses in Nigeria and the economic outlook seems bleak. The CBN has adjusted the dollar exchange rate to N360 for $1, and the price of crude per barrel has consistently fallen below the 2020 budget assumption. All these indicators do not...
The COVID-19 outbreak has fundamentally changed everything from livelihoods to individual lifestyles. With the rapid spread of the novel virus in Nigeria, business activities have slowed down and, in some cases, come to a halt as people are forced to stay indoors to limit the spread. Considering the current internal...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the world economy, a global recession worse than the global financial crisis of 2008 seems to be looming. Early estimates speculate that the global pandemic might cause most major economies to lose at least 2.4% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in...
The Corona virus that started in December 2019 is a global pandemic that has killed over 100,000 people in at least 210 countries.[1] The nature of the virus has forced countries to impose lockdowns in a bid to mitigate the spread. This lockdown has however...
Implementing Innovative Strategies to Improve Education in Nigeria According to UNICEF, one in every five of the world’s out-of-school children is in Nigeria. Approximately 10.5 million children aged 5-14 years in Nigeria are not in school, and only 35.6% of 3-5-year olds receive early childhood education.[1] Education is an important driver...
Love is in the air and Nigerian bank users have spoken. ‘Who is the love of your life? Who is your crush? Your side boo? Your worst ex? Who will you break up with?’ Here at Ciuci Consulting, our annual banking report – What Retail Banking Customers Want...
Analytical frameworks are tools that provide a structure to analysis. They group the ideas into buckets of related information which help to dissect the main topic being addressed.Here, we attempt to explain how to use analytical frameworks. ...
Any business owner, or employee, needs to have a firm understanding of finance. It is absolutely critical to the success of any venture.Here, we outlined some important financial concepts. ...
Awaiting President Buhari’s assent, the 2020 budget of N10.59 trillion was approved by the 9th National Assembly on December 5th, 2019. The approved budget is N264 billion (2.52%) higher than the proposed budget of N10.33 trillion presented to the National Assembly by the president two months ago.[1] When compared to 2019,...
