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An Executive Order issued by US President Donald Trump’s administration on January 27th suspended all refugee admission for 120 days from seven Muslim countries – Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The political backlash has been severe and …
Continue readingIn today’s interdependent global economy, Africa remains a weak link. If the world is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, thereby completing the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it must help Africa accelerate its development by promoting
African leaders view modern infrastructure as vital to economic growth. Yet, energy, internet, and transport costs in Africa are among the highest around the globe.
Many officials have ambitious infrastructure-upgrade and new-build plans, but are constrained by limited public budgets …
Continue readingThe populist wave that carried Donald Trump to the American presidency is a global phenomenon. Nowhere is this more apparent than in West Africa, over the past two years.
The sense is the same—there is now a deep suspicion of …
Continue readingIn an effort to shore up the federal government’s revenue base, Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a new tax regime, just as it announced its intention to raise taxes on luxury goods. Also, the council constituted a task …
Continue readingAfrica is not likely to emerge as one of US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy priorities. But the continent is almost certain to be affected by the fallout from his hardline foreign policy views, his strong anti-Muslim pronouncements, his vow …
Continue readingOn 26 January, the Gambia’s new president Adama Barrow, returned to the country amidst widespread celebrations.
It had taken a long and tense process involving mediation from several regional presidents and a brief military intervention to convince his predecessor Yahya …
Continue readingIn 2016, real GDP growth in sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to have been the weakest since the 2008-09 global financial crisis. This was largely because of the poor performance in its two largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, which together …
Continue readingFrom the executive to the legislature, ‘Made in Nigeria’ has suddenly become a popular chorus of the Buhari administration. Mind you, the mantra is an ‘empty rhetoric’ no matter what the potentials identified as viable means to change Nigeria’s mono-cultural …
Continue readingEverywhere you go in Africa, you are likely to hear people say “Our problem is not planning, but implementation.” People regale you with various examples of “beautiful plans” that were “technically perfect” but never made it to implementation. Indeed, the …
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