Economics
A Common Currency for West Africa Why ECOWAS Needs the Eco
Despite widespread scepticism towards the Eco, having a common currency in West Africa is not only a smart idea but also a huge step in the right direction towards regional development and stronger intra-African trade. Read More...
Development via Taxes Improving Domestic Revenue Mobilization in Africa
Effective taxation is crucial to economic development. In Africa, however, there are still challenges with domestic resource mobilization, and thus development, through taxation. Read More...
On Policy Reluctance and Economic Peril Nigeria and the AfCFTA
Recent efforts to promote intra-regional trade in Africa have met misguided reluctance from its largest economy, Nigeria. Read More...
Reading China What to Read on Africa-China Relations
Sino-African relations have waxed stronger in recent years, developing from political engagement in the 1960s to trade, economic... Read More...
Africa’s Development Path The Role of Institutions
With the new pledges from the 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), Nigeria’s foreign debt is set to increase. However, Nigeria has no strategic plan to manage and repay Chinese loans. Read More...
Africa’s Lost Decade Women and the Structural Adjustment Programme
t has been more than 30 years since the Structural Adjustment era swept across the African continent, but... Read More...
Xi-Led Growth? Nigeria at FOCAC 2018
With the new pledges from the 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), Nigeria’s foreign debt is set to increase. However, Nigeria has no strategic plan to manage and repay Chinese loans. Read More...
Nigeria and Climate Change Global Trends and Local Challenges
Climate action has suffered from the myopia of political leadership globally, and Nigeria is no exception. Read More...
Making “Made in Nigeria” Work for All A Conversation with Pax Herbals' Father Anselm Adodo
ax Herbals, situated a two-hour drive outside of Benin City, in the Ewu-Esan local government area of Edo... Read More...
Towards a Communiversity Knowledge Creation in Local Nigerian Communities
n April, earlier this year, I and a group of other researchers at Pax Herbals had a meeting... Read More...
