Special Reports

Africa needs pragmatic free market policies to attract capital into gas markets

27/02/2021

Special Reports

Local content rises to top of Mozambique’s developmental agenda

25/02/2021

Opinion/Columns

65 years of oil history has been good for Angola despite challenges

25/02/2021

Special Reports

History of divisive ethnic identities shows it’s time Nigeria admits its role in enforcing them

25/02/2021

The Nigerian state, as with other African countries, is trapped in a crisis of belonging. This is expressed through identity...

COVID-19 causes devastating losses in working hours, employment – ILO

Labour

COVID-19: New UNDP, ILO report advocates social protection for workers in informal economy

10/02/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated a focus on vulnerabilities of informal economy workers in sub-Saharan Africa. Together, they represent 86...

Opinion/Columns

Revamping Nigeria’s economy not negotiable

30/01/2021

Against the background of pervasive poverty, corruption and widespread unemployment, nearly three decades of military rule in Nigeria saw a...

Special Reports

Why community participation in schooling is struggling in Nigeria: a view from the ground

20/01/2021

Schools must build working relationships with their stakeholders. shutterstock Nigeria has more out-of-school children than any other country in the...

Special Reports

Dummy’s guide to how trade rules affect access to COVID-19 vaccines

11/01/2021

The race is on to secure vaccines that will protect people from COVID-19. But it’s already become apparent that there...

Special Reports

What Nigeria’s poor power supply really costs and how a hybrid system could work for business

28/12/2020

Nigeria faces the triple challenge of providing reliable power supply, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and keeping energy affordable to consumers.The availability...

Special Reports

Fear dominates the lives of Nigerians: the consequences are dire

28/12/2020

Is Nigeria a failed state? Former president and would-be elder statesman Olusegun Obasanjo seems to think so… well, almost. On...

Special Reports

Nigeria was once an indisputable leader in Africa: what happened?

28/12/2020

The traditional leadership and redeemer posture of Nigeria in Africa has, in recent years, been put into question.Issues like corruption and infrastructural decay have...