Precious Nwonu, Enugu President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has announced plans to invest more than $10bn in Africa’s power sector over the next three to four years as part of efforts to address the continent’s electricity shortage. Dangote disclosed this in an interview with Al Jazeera published on Monday, stressing that reliable electricity supply … [Read more…]
By S.N.C Nwagu For years, Africa has fought terrorism with soldiers, budgets and foreign partnerships, and for years terrorism has survived them. Armies are deployed, emergency security budgets approved, foreign assistance received, counter-terrorism operations launched in succession. Yet from Nigeria’s northeast to the Sahel, from Somalia to parts of Central and East Africa, terrorist organisations … [Read more…]
Precious Nwonu, Enugu The African Union (AU) has officially announced that the African Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) will be launched on October 7, 2026, in Port Louis, Mauritius, where the newly established institution is headquartered. The upcoming launch signifies a massive milestone in Africa’s ongoing campaign to fortify its financial independence and directly confront … [Read more…]
By SNC Nwagu, FIICA, MNIIA For nearly eight decades, the international system has operated largely under an American-led order. From Bretton Woods and the United Nations to NATO, the dominance of the US dollar, Silicon Valley and an unrivalled naval reach, the United States has shaped global finance, security, technology and governance. Today, that order … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud Two weeks ago, Joseph Boakai, the Octogenarian President of Liberia, stepped into the White House, the symbolic heart of American power, to meet Donald Trump who had literally summoned five African presidents from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal to a landmark summit on trade, investment and security. It was supposed to … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud The phrase, “Africa is a cemetery for Africans,” falsely credited to Vladimir Putin, has long taken a meaning that goes beyond the dubiety of its source. But, whoever couched it and pushed it into the virtual space, acquiring its virality in the process, must have seen further than most of us. It … [Read more…]
By Dr. Samson Abanni Let me tell you a story from the long ago—around 1400—when the world’s most advanced technology wasn’t smartphones or artificial intelligence, but something far simpler: turning raw wool into finished cloth. This was the quantum science of its day. England was the world’s largest producer of raw wool, but not a … [Read more…]