When Bola Ahmed Tinubu took over Nigeria’s presidency on May 29 this year, the outlook for the country was broadly dire. He has since asserted himself as the bold reformer many expected him to be with an astute appetite for ringing radical economic changes. Even...
Whoever wins the presidential race in Nigeria’s imminent elections has his work cut out. For the incoming president, the outlook across board is decidedly much worse than in 2015 when Muhammadu Buhari first won the presidency. Much more inspired reform will be needed...
In 2020, the Covid-19 emergency briefly catapulted public health to the top of the government agenda in Nigeria. As the health crisis unfolded globally, it became clear that most people in the country were spared from severe sickness or death due to the pandemic, in...
The Nigerian government urgently needs to invest in strategic foresight and integrated long-term planning to set the country on a path of growth and prosperity. By 2040 and based on current trends, more than 360 million people are expected to live in Nigeria of which...
Africa: policy recommendations Preventing the looting of the public purse will require Africa and the West to work together By Ola Bello David Cameron, the UK’s Prime Minister, was revealed in a leaked video to have referred to Nigeria and Afghanistan as “possibly two...
Policy Recommendations - Nigeria’s mineral revenue sharing formula needs a revamp, to incentivise states beyond the meagre 13% derivation that applies in the more mature oil and gas sector. - To co-opt states as effective mineral sector administrators, the...
Nigeria needs to focus attention on procedural anti-corruption, embedded in the impersonal application of the law, institution-building, and matching of appropriate expertise to functions across the public oversight agencies. The statutory anti-graft bodies require a...
Most of sub-Saharan Africa’s cities are ill prepared for the rapid and dramatic population increase that will occur by 2035 For decades to come, sub-Saharan Africa’s economic and social future will be shaped by one of the most important megatrends on the continent:...
Policy recommendations Nigeria needs to frame stronger state-corporate coordination on economic policymaking, with a central harmonization role given to a coordinating minister for coherence and strategic clarity. An elevated economic management discourse driven by...
Policy recommendations The Africa-China partnership needs escalation to a new sustainability-focused phase in which China prioritises, and Africa demands, proactive management of externalities such as labour, environmental, sustainable energy and other...
When Bola Ahmed Tinubu took over Nigeria’s presidency on May 29 this year, the outlook for the country was broadly dire. He has since asserted himself as the bold reformer many expected him to be with an astute appetite for ringing radical economic changes. Even...
Whoever wins the presidential race in Nigeria’s imminent elections has his work cut out. For the incoming president, the outlook across board is decidedly much worse than in 2015 when Muhammadu Buhari first won the presidency. Much more inspired reform will be needed...
In 2020, the Covid-19 emergency briefly catapulted public health to the top of the government agenda in Nigeria. As the health crisis unfolded globally, it became clear that most people in the country were spared from severe sickness or death due to the pandemic, in...
The Nigerian government urgently needs to invest in strategic foresight and integrated long-term planning to set the country on a path of growth and prosperity. By 2040 and based on current trends, more than 360 million people are expected to live in Nigeria of which...
Africa: policy recommendations Preventing the looting of the public purse will require Africa and the West to work together By Ola Bello David Cameron, the UK’s Prime Minister, was revealed in a leaked video to have referred to Nigeria and Afghanistan as “possibly two...
Policy Recommendations - Nigeria’s mineral revenue sharing formula needs a revamp, to incentivise states beyond the meagre 13% derivation that applies in the more mature oil and gas sector. - To co-opt states as effective mineral sector administrators, the...
Nigeria needs to focus attention on procedural anti-corruption, embedded in the impersonal application of the law, institution-building, and matching of appropriate expertise to functions across the public oversight agencies. The statutory anti-graft bodies require a...
Most of sub-Saharan Africa’s cities are ill prepared for the rapid and dramatic population increase that will occur by 2035 For decades to come, sub-Saharan Africa’s economic and social future will be shaped by one of the most important megatrends on the continent:...
Policy recommendations Nigeria needs to frame stronger state-corporate coordination on economic policymaking, with a central harmonization role given to a coordinating minister for coherence and strategic clarity. An elevated economic management discourse driven by...
Policy recommendations The Africa-China partnership needs escalation to a new sustainability-focused phase in which China prioritises, and Africa demands, proactive management of externalities such as labour, environmental, sustainable energy and other...