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The world needs to shift from an aid-based narrative on Africa to one of investment by Hendrik du Toit – co-CEO of Investec Group
Global investors should follow China’s lead in AfricaA mine worker hammers the rough surface of a gold bar during processing at the Kibali gold mine, which is operated by Randgold Resources in the DRC © BloombergI remember a time, over 20 years ago, when virtually no professionally-managed capital moved across borders in Africa. It was …
Buhari’s Executive Order No. 6 of 2018 Is An Unlawful Power-Grab By Chidi Odinkalu
When he ran to be Nigeria’s president for the fourth time in 2014, Muhammadu Buhari pleaded that he was a converted democrat. Since Nigerians granted him his wish in 2015, he appears to have found it difficult either to show off the new livery of a converted democrat or to shake off his old habits …
Rising debt is entrenching poverty by Taiwo Ojoye
STATISTICS on Nigeria’s rising debt profile raise fresh concerns over the direction of the economy on President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch. With the total national debt stock at N23.7tn by March 31 this year and new borrowings underway, the mismatch between infrastructure, productivity and employment on one hand and debt on the other hand, is frightening. …
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Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to Fela Kuti, a Nigerian musician
Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to Fela Kuti, a Nigerian musicianBut it wasn’t all singing and dancing But it wasn’t all singing and dancingTHE old Afrika Shrine, a music venue in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, was burned down by soldiers in 1977. Its founder, the late Fela Kuti, a musical megastar, had called them …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 