SA, Egypt eye Nigeria’s crown as GDP gap narrows

Nigeria’s ranking on the ease of doing business may have improved since 2014, but private businesses still decry inadequate infrastructure

South Africa and Egypt are closing in on Nigeria in terms of economic size, despite having only a fraction of the population of the West African country. The gap between Africa’s top three economies put Nigeria well ahead of South Africa and Egypt back in 2014. While Nigeria’s economy was

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