- Linkage Assurance Delivers Impressive Half-Year Earnings Amidst Underwriting Pressure
- ABC Transport Faces Several Margin Contractions Despite Revenue Growth
- XRP Ticks as Successful Payments Processed on Ledger Spikes
- South African Rand Steadies as Fed Rate Hike Bets Ease
- Nigerian Naira Extends Rally as Corporates’ FX Demand Reduces
- CBN Allots N2.6trn as OMO Bills Subscription Tops N4.6trn
- Nigerian Exchange Heads South, Equities Investors Lose N613bn
- XRP at Tired Trend, Buyers and Sellers Out of Actions
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Olu Anisere is a financial and economic journalist at MarketForces Africa, specialising in African macroeconomic policy, international finance, energy markets, and continental development.He covers major multilateral institutions, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), providing readers with frontline reporting on policies shaping Africa's economic trajectory.Olu has reported extensively on Nigeria's fiscal and monetary policy landscape, including CBN interest rate decisions, Nigeria's bond market, FX inflows, and the country's engagement with global financial institutions.His coverage spans IMF and World Bank Spring and Annual Meetings, African Ministers of Finance conferences, and high-level economic forums where Africa's development agenda is set.His reporting captures perspectives from Africa's most influential economic voices, including Tony Elumelu, senior IMF officials, and CBN leadership, bringing institutional insight and policy depth to MarketForces Africa's readers.Olu also covers Inside Africa — tracking economic, investment, and development stories from across the continent. Olu Anisere is based in Lagos, Nigeria.
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