I am an optimist about life. I refuse to go along with the opinion, fashionable in some corners, that the fortunes of Africa can’t be turned around or that there are no solutions to Africa’s problems. The impression that Africa …
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The Economic Regulation of Transport Bill (B1-2020) published for public comment is problematic across three broad areas. It unnecessarily and unjustifiably expands the extent and potential scope of government interference in the transport sector; like much other legislation it vests …
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This past Friday was the penultimate day of a virtual continental conference where young Africans dialogued on most matters liberal. This is an exciting annual jamboree of incisive intellectual discourse on how liberalism transforms African lives to a state of …
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Beyond the laudable efforts to clampdown on corruption, and the uncompromising state-led interventionist policies to improve their economies, many experts have observed that Rwanda and Tanzania may be overstating various economic indicators in an effort to omit certain inconvenient truths …
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The emergence of COVID-19 in the world has no doubt disrupted the economy of most countries. The factor credited for this disruption is none other than the brutal approach the governments adopted when they thought of combating the pandemic. Lockdowns …
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A wave of protests has spread through Nigeria as citizens call for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit of the Nigerian police. This followed footage that went viral of the squad beating a man to death. …
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Yet again the government is failing to grasp an opportunity to redistribute state-owned land to landless black citizens on a full freehold title. Instead, it is “allowing” them to farm-state land on a 30-year lease, and only then, will an …
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The arrow of time is always delving deeper in us, constantly forcing us forward, and in any story, time only flows when the story is told. The arm of time is always ticking to the beat of change, and change …
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Blaming the Constitution for government failure to act on land reform is absurd, yet, this is exactly what the Section 25 Amendment Bill is doing. Government has failed – not the Constitution. Until this is recognised, no Amendment Bill will …
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In the best of times and for many reasons, the average Nigerian students hardly learn anything worthwhile in school. This statement is especially true for the majority of children from poor and low-income homes, which forms a large proportion of …
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