Politics & Security
Who’s Afraid of Saving Money? The Political Economy of Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund
Nigeria's sovereign wealth fund has the important objective of addressing critical issues in relation to the Nigerian economy and is, perhaps, the most important fiscal initiative from the Nigerian federal government in the last decade. Read More...
African Tech for African Problems Should We Be Celebrating Big Tech in Africa?
The African tech industry still struggles to define itself: what is African tech? How do you define African tech? What qualifies as an African tech company? Read More...
Disinformation Era The Politics of Information in the Digital Age
Disinformation has increasingly become a problem in Nigeria. The stakes in Nigerian politics have always been high, and the information warfare is simply the latest development in political manipulation. Read More...
Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem
The Internet’s growth remains on the fast track mostly in the Western Hemisphere but, for most countries in Africa, Internet development falters and often depends on Western innovation or intervention. Nigeria is not exempt from this. Read More...
Africa’s Misinformation Struggles The Impact of Misinformation on Africa and African Media
The major damage of misinformation in Africa will not be press regulation, but that the public may come to distrust all news, including real news. Read More...
Globalization and Global Value Chains Prospects for Africa's Industrialization
Africa can promote industrialization by leveraging on its abundant cheap labour, its commodities and the green industrialization agenda. Read More...
Reading Nigeria’s Political History What to Read on Politics in Post-independence Nigeria
The texts in this reading list, while not exhaustive, expand on how Nigerian politics arrived at what it is today. Read More...
Is all Jihad in Africa Local? Africa and Militant Jihadism
Analysts that separate the jihadist ideology of ‘transnational’ groups from that of ‘local’ groups risk underestimating the central role of jihad as an armed political struggle in creating radical social change. Read More...
Nigeria’s ‘Pentecostal’ Presidency Ebenezer Obadare's Pentecostal Republic
In his latest book, Ebenezer Obadare explores the ascent of Pentecostalism as the principal expression of Christianity in Nigeria and as a socio-political force. Read More...
What We Think about when We Think about Elections Revisiting Political Ideology in Nigeria
Many have argued that Nigerian political parties do not have ideologies; and that even before independence, ethnic and money politics relegated issue-based politics to the background. This is true for many reasons. Read More...
