Author: Olu Anisere

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.

Bitcoin Rallies as Standard Chartered Backs $100k Target Price

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Bitcoin Rallies as Standard Chartered Backs $100k Target Price Bitcoin (BTC) rallied as investors piled into risky assets to hedge inflation risk, slightly outperforming a broadly rising crypto market amid Standard Chartered’s $100k price forecast for 2026. BTC rose by about 2% to $64.1k, supported by a derivatives short squeeze that forced bearish traders to cover. It shows a strong correlation with Gold, indicating inflation-hedge positioning amid macro uncertainty. Standard Chartered has reaffirmed its year-end 2026 Bitcoin price target of $100,000. The bank’s research team argued that recent market weakness was driven by uncertainty about MicroStrategy’s treasury management and potential…

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Apple Sues OpenAI for Stealing Trade Secrets

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Apple Sues OpenAI for Stealing Trade Secrets Apple on Friday filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and two former employees over what it said was misappropriation of the giant phone maker’s trade secrets to benefit the AI company’s venture into consumer hardware. The suit was filed in federal court in California, where both companies are headquartered. The lawsuit is against a former Apple senior system electrical engineer and a former vice president of product design for iPhone and Apple Watch, as well as OpenAI Foundation, OpenAI Group PBC and io Products. The lawsuit has pushed the two former close partners completely…

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NLNG Urges Commercialisation of Stranded Gas, PIA Incentives

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NLNG Urges Commercialisation of Stranded Gas, PIA Incentives The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has called for the commercialisation of stranded gas resources, development of interconnected infrastructure and full implementation of incentives under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Mr Timothy Fakrogha, General Manager, Commercial, NLNG, who spoke at a panel session at the Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) Energy Week in Abuja, underscored the need to unlock Nigeria’s gas potential. According to him, projections indicate that by 2030, Nigeria could face a gas supply deficit despite its enormous reserves, stressing that the gap should be viewed as an opportunity…

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