Multiple borrowing and loan default…some empirical evidence

In an earlier piece for this column, I wrote about Ananse — the trickster who built webs not to trap flies, but to acquire stories, and with them, control over what the world came to believe.

The health of an economy is judged by macroeconomic variables, namely, GDP growth rate, unemployment rate, inflation rate, exchange rate, interest rate, national budget balance and trade balance.

Under the glaring studio lights, a sixteen/seventeen-year-old contestant’s fingers hover over a plastic buzzer.

Africa’s drive towards a more connected, digitally enabled single market has taken another significant step forward with the launch establishment of the AfCFTA Digital Trade Corridor.

KEY POLICY MESSAGE

In banking, the two things that stand out for me are the huge volumes of transactions that are being done online through internet, electronic or virtual banking. Nobody imagined that the rate of patronage of virtual banking could be so overwhelming. The other one is the gradual acceptance of remote working from home. Although this has been a regular feature among certain departments in banking, it has now been formally accepted as another means to achieve the objectives of the institutions.

Candidates awaiting the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results can take a few steps to prepare ahead of the official release by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).

As artificial intelligence begins to reshape the world of production, there remains a question of what role AI will play in the continent of Africa. While many discuss the impact that AI will have upon the workforce, it is apparent that the challenge for Africa is not that there is a lack of workers, but that the workers currently in the continent do not have the level of productivity required to achieve their potential. AI, if implemented correctly, has the power to be a productivity co-pilot for African workers, rather than a replacement for those same workers.