Emeka Chiakwelu

Emeka Chiakwelu is the Principal Policy Strategist at Afripol Organization. Africa Political and Economic Strategic Center (Afripol) is foremost a public policy center whose fundamental objective is to broaden the parameters of public policy debates in Africa. To advocate, promote and encourage free enterprise, democracy, sustainable green environment, human rights, conflict resolutions, transparency and probity in Africa. http://afripol.org.  strategist@afripol.org

Africa: Local financing of oil and gas industry

The lack of large capital financing is a major obstacle for the oil and gas industry in Africa. For the industry to continue to be viable and buoyant, ways must be devised for ready availability of the capital in local markets...

Nigeria 's sovereign wealth fund: Transparency and sound Management

Nigeria is making a bold but calculative move to establish a sovereign wealth fund. The Acting President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan has asked his economic team to make the requisite arrangements to establish a sovereign wealth fund...

Gill Marcus: Monetary policy, Inflation and Economic growth in South Africa

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Nigeria's Olusegun Aganga: Monitoring the increasing external debt and rising inflation

Nigeria’s external debt is currently over $5 billion dollars. Many Nigerians will be surprised to hear that Nigeria is still an indebted nation after she exited from the debt of Paris Club and London Club in 2006...

Nigeria: Inflation as tool to erode the foreign debt

The greatest threat and the major contributory factor in the undermining of a given economy and its currency is inflation...

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Goodluck Jonathan to meet President Obama: Talking points and first impressions

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