There is a quiet but consequential shift underway in Nigerian economic governance, and it has nothing to do with the presidency. For the better part of a decade, the country’s reform narrative has been scripted in Abuja — devaluation decisions, subsidy removals, monetary policy pivots, credit-rating negotiations. All eyes have pointed upward, toward the federal […]

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Africa’s economic narrative is currently undergoing a profound structural shift. For decades, the continent’s growth has been framed by trends highlighting persistent “gaps,” most notably in infrastructure and small-to-medium enterprise (SME) financing. While international headlines often focus on capital scarcity, recent data suggests the real challenge is a mismatch between traditional financial structures and the […]

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The Minister of Power recently declared that Nigeria requires over $100 billion in public and private investment across generation, transmission, and distribution to deliver reliable electricity. The figure is staggering. But is capital really the binding constraint? The privatisation of 2013, selling generation and distribution assets to private operators, was supposed to unlock efficiency; however, […]

read more Does Nigeria need a $100 billion investment in the power sector?

Last week, I watched a video with kids lined up in the rain for food. Whether it is an AI-generated video, a real video of “content-humanitarians”, or political messiahs in their theatre of absurdity, it is time to rethink how we use human beings in our politics and content creation. The imagery was striking, but […]

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