The different sides of Lafarge Africa
Following the hullabaloo over cement grading in 2014, a number of consumers were not privileged to learn several…
Moves to plug $3.3bn metal imports gather momentum
The metal industry is beginning to receive positive signals as the Federal Government intensifies plans to reduce…
Driving Nigeria’s MSMEs in 2015
Nigeria’s micro, small and medium scale businesses passed through difficult times in 2014. This year, 2015, has…
Devaluation underscores need to develop local raw…
Recent devaluation of the naira has underlined the need to improve the quantity and quality of local raw materials,…
Hedging dwindling oil revenue: The Lagos example
The dwindling oil revenue to the Federal Government arising from falling crude oil price in the international…
How was your night? And the copy cat business model
I don’t know about you, but it seems that some phrases, slang expressions and jokes just take on a life of their…
We still fail this country in so many ways
Two of my biggest loves are people and country. My love of people is the reason why I hate to see people suffer. It…
Scaling up middle class settlement with new community…
By virtue of construction and quality of its residents, the Festival Town, simply called Festac, in Lagos is a…
How did we get here?
A couple of weeks ago, I had planned a trip to Port Harcourt. I wanted to return to Lagos the same day so I decided…
Need to sustain tempo of reforms
Michael Feroli, JP Morgan’s chief economist, projects that Texas, a major oil and gas state in the United States,…