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,...
Nigeria
Towards sustainable energy in Nigeria and west Africa
Nigeria’s example points to the competitive disadvantages a country faces when energy projects are insufficiently resourced and abundant green energy sources are not fully tapped There is mounting evidence that climate...
How UNCTAD gets it wrong
UNCTAD’s claims that commodity producers in several African countries are deliberately misinvoicing exports to hide illegal capital flight are mostly based on faulty data In July 2016, the United Nations Conference on...
Local Content in the Oil and Gas Sector: Will Tanzania follow Nigeria’s lead?
Thick black smoke billows from a pencil-thin chimney at the Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited, Rivers State. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI As in Nigeria, there are concerns in Tanzania...
Integrating the informal ‘outsiders’ in Nigeria
With the right policies, legislators could harness the potential of the Nigerian informal economy The informal economy can be understood to be the part of an economy that is neither taxed, nor monitored by any form of...
Ailing and failing
The Nigerian president’s battle with ill-health means he is struggling to fulfil his election campaign promises Joseph Adeyeye Nigeria is battling a bloody Islamic insurgency in its northern region, a secessionist...
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