Aiming at a better understanding of the extent to which Africa-focused research has helped develop context-bound, context-specific, and context-free knowledge, the authors present the findings from a literature review of journal articles with an African context. A systematic search resulted in...

The paper examined the empirical impact of the capital market on economic development in Nigeria using a time series data from 1986 to 2005. The co-integration estimation technique found support for the existence of long run relationship between the capital market and economic development. The...

Capital allowance is granted to attract and support investors in strategic productive sectors of an economy. This study examines the extent to which capital allowance serves as veritable captivating investment incentive to stakeholders in the Nigerian manufacturing sector. The corporate...

The paper has an empirical and methodological purpose. It argues that on methodological grounds historical narratives have superior powers of explanation than the theory-driven analyses encountered in mainstream economics. This is partly because narratives employ actual behavior, collective...

Are there contemporary development effects of African resistance to European domination? This question is the primary issue addressed by this inquiry. We establish that African resistance has had adverse effects on post-colonial African development and discuss possible channels of such...

Liquidity may be a serious challenge to growing nations especially in the absence of foreign aid or other necessary assistance like access to borrowing. This paper introduces the Invisible Reserves Theory which states that, “A country that is locked in a depression during the absence of...

The authors' study focuses on information needs of (groups of) individuals and organizations both in terms of what is and what should be -- such needs must be discovered and analyzed if the services rendered by information reporting are to be improved. The authors' research suggest that...

This paper discussed the opportunities and risks of central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Nigeria, also known as the eNaira or e-Naira. The opportunities which CBDC present to Nigeria include, improved monetary policy transmission, efficient payments and increased financial inclusion. Some of...

The East African Community (EAC) is working towards establishing deeper integrationbetween its six partner states. The EAC partner states are: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda,South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. This paper analyses the lessons the EuropeanUnion may offer the EAC in guarding against base...

ABSTRACT & RÉSUMÉ & ZUSAMMENFASSUNG : The ASEAN summit of October 2021 showed the increased geopolitical importance of the Indo-Pacific realm. Today ASEAN is the most successful regional organization in Asia and the second largest worldwide behind the EU. The establishment of the New...