Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari announced plans to raise the government spending to $31b, up 20% in 2016 through extensive borrowing at home and abroad amid falling oil prices.
The Nigerian government proposed a $30.1b national budget for 2016 estimating a 15% rise in expenditure compared to 2015, pledging investments in infrastructure projects, and social welfare programs.
Algeria has increased gasoline, diesel, gas and electricity prices in its 2016 budget to cope with a sharp fall in energy earnings and ahead of further austerity measures.
Egyptian Petroleum Minister, Tarek El Molla, said that cuts in fuel subsidies are quickly reducing Egypt’s budget deficit. The Financial Times reports that spending on fuel subsidies will be reduced from $9b in fisca ...
Oil at $50 a barrel is a “gift to the world” as prices should be low enough to spur economic growth, explained Ali Al Mansoori head of Abu Dhabi’s Department of Economic Development
Sources at the Petroleum Ministry revealed to Egypt Oil & Gas that the global price of oil reaching $48 a barrel will save the state nearly EGP 30b during the current fiscal year (FY) alone, as the government has set ...
David Robinson, the IMF vice-director, has called on the African nations to adopt a package of policies to better ride out the ill-effects of the collapse of oil prices
Egypt expects to import 28.6 million tons of crude oil, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other oil products worth a total of almost $16 billion in 2015-16, the planning ministry said.