Memo to Obama – what Africa really needs is industrial…
Africa’s time is now but its full potential can only be unleashed by those brave enough to forge true…
This is your president speaking
I never cease to be amazed how often world leaders save their best speeches for foreign soil. For example, late…
The economics of migration
In chapter six of his book Development as Freedom, Amartya Sen recounts the peril of honey collectors in…
FG to earn $1.37bn from dried cassava chips exports this…
Going by existing contracts on the supply and export of value-added dried cassava chips, Akinwumi Adesina,…
The Obama Example: Isn’t Reading Elevating?
A mild ringing escaped my handset. I looked at its face. Victor Ejike Nwolisa’s name appeared. He was calling.…
The ‘career woman’ myth
When a woman is over age 30, single and childless, people want to know why. Not just her doting parents,…
Families and sociological development policy
Folake and her three children literarily live a life full of frustrations. They have been victims of acute…
At the coffee shop
Driving through Lagos Island a couple of days ago brought to mind an encounter I had at the coffee shop in…
Now I know why they shove rat poison at an SUV
Okay, so you always run into traffic in Lagos and other major cities in Nigeria – Port Harcourt, Kano, Benin,…
CBN and the real sector question
The direct involvement of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the real sector activities is a very…