Nigeria: Hobbling the Entrepreneuerial Spirit
In today’s economy, it is vital that young people learn to fish for themselves rather than wait to be handed fish by their guardians or society. Yet it is even [...]
Region nigeria
The Move Towards Diversification: New prospects in value offer
This article was originally drafted by the African Center for Economic Transformation for the newsletter “West Africa Trends” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. The [...]
The future is social but what of its future?
This article was originally drafted by Odoh Diego Okenyodo and the Centre for Democracy and Development for the newsletter “West Africa Insight” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. From [...]
Tropical Warmth Greets Migrants in Ghana
Migration brings new faces to our cities every day, and takes others away. Successful economies worldwide lure young job-seekers, while many social and economic factors keep (or drive) others home. [...]
In Search of Humanitarian Action Plan: Combating Desertification in the Sahel Region of West Africa
This article was originally drafted by Chris Kwaja and the Centre for Democracy and Development for the newsletter “West Africa Insight” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click [...]
My New Chosen Career… To Be Very Rich
I made a decision this morning, and that is to be very rich. Mind you, I have always wanted to be rich, but this morning I decided on a new [...]
Nigeria Going GREEN! A Myth or Wishful Thinking?
Last year, I attended an event on Climate Change. Sadly, even though I promised to do so immediately after the event, I’m only just getting to write about it. So, mea [...]
Garbage In – Nigerian Police Force out!
Easy evening; reading up on the requirements for one job I’ve been eyeing when I stray to Twitter (*sigh*) and see a link to an article by @BellaNaija titled, ‘N150 Daily Meal [...]
Nigeria: People are dying because people are dying.
I was catching up on articles early this morning when I saw a tribute Dr Ojia Adamolekun wrote for her elder brother who died in 2004 after a car accident. [...]
Communities resort to motorcycle as ambulance
This article was originally drafted by Audu Liberty Oseni and the Centre for Democracy and Development for the newsletter “West Africa Insight” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, [...]
The 5 W’s of Nigeria’s Unemployment Rate: Act 2
Growing up, my father taught me that stating a problem over and over doesn’t turn it into a solution. Ditto for avoiding that problem or pretending it doesn’t exist. The [...]
A New Front
The emergence of Boko Haram reflects the internal failures of Nigeria’s government
The 5 W’s of Nigeria’s Unemployment: Act 1
A young woman struggles through university, enduring a few strikes, disreputable advances from cultists, depraved lecturers and other similar low-life and manages to graduate with a second class upper degree, [...]
Special Report: Slum Demolition and the Urban Poor
This article was originally drafted by Idayat Hassan and Audu Liberty Oseni and the Centre for Democracy and Development for the newsletter “West Africa Insight” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight [...]
Mob Action Act in Nigeria… Or Not!
A few days ago I saw a link to a video about some ‘retribution’ meted out to a shoplifter at Shoprite, not sure if it’s Lagos or Abuja at this time. The video starts [...]
Justice versus Jungle Justice in Nigeria
In my first year as a Mass Communication student at Ebonyi State University, I was terrorized by a course mate who started with wanting me to write up his essay [...]
Why Is Peace Urgent In Africa Despite Boko Haram & Al-Shabaab’s Existence.
The current lead article on War & Peace asks some very vital questions below which I believe, we all need to take a closer look and ponder over them. Is [...]
Death, Democracy and Incumbency in Africa
The death of Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills some weeks back presented a different test of how much Ghana’s democracy has matured. This West African nation ushered in [...]
How African Athletes Performed At Olympics 2012
Writing a review of Africa’s participation in the Olympics has been harder than I imagined. With my country Ghana, the assessment was very simple and could be summed up [...]
Mobile clinics: Alternative healthcare delivery
This article was originally drafted by the Centre for Democracy and Development for the newsletter “West Africa Insight” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, [...]
African Innovation Hubs/Labs Promoting Technology on the Continent
Africa is a massive yet diverse continent, with diversity not only in ethnic cultures but also in geographic regions, which offer a variety of climates, vegetation and topographical arrays. [...]
Mobiles For Development in Africa – Talk and Discussion by Kentaro Toyama
Mobile development in Africa especially in Sub-Saharan Africa has boomed over the past five years with a growth rate of 550%. The African market does not merely offer hope in [...]
Collaborating on Waste to Energy for Future Nigerian Cities
This article was originally drafted by the Centre for Democracy and Development for the newsletter “West Africa Insight” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, [...]
Addressing African Youths’ Periods of Inactivity Between Educational Attainment and Employment
Sixty-five percent of Africa’s population is under the age of 24, with over 40 percent of the total population below the age of 16, and about 25 percent between the [...]
Immigration and Remittances flowing the “other way” — from Africa to Europe.
The Angolan Civil War was a major civil conflict in the Southern African state of Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with some interludes, until 2002. The war began immediately [...]
