Capital flight from the global South is immense, with widespread adverse effects. A new book proposes measures to curb, even reverse capital flight from Africa. It also offers pragmatic lessons for many developing countries.
Alternatively, there could emerge a leadership that seeks to respect each ambition, and find a happy medium between them, by first addressing the question: what are these cities for, and how will they feed and maintain themselves
How digital capitalism, despite often being framed as potential growth engine, exploits the already marginalized and reproduces inequalities and power-relations between Africans.
Two books, by art historian Bénédicte Savoy and journalist Barnaby Phillips respectively, detail how we got to this point in the restitution of African heritage.
There has been no discernible improvement since the Mo Ibrahim Prize was launched and it is fair to question whether the award is even necessary.
Journalists from the BBC, The Guardian and Finance Uncovered, spent months matching the names of company owners found in the Pandora Papers with UK Land Registry records to discover who really bought hundreds of UK properties. The result is the most comprehensive dataset ever published focusing on rich and powerful Nigerians who have secretly bought UK property.
As the recorded number of infections in Africa edges towards the six million mark, it has become clear that COVID-19 is not only a public health challenge.
How kleptocrat rulers in African countries sell out their resources to international partners, deprive citizens and enrich themselves
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In their closing remarks and Q&A Mr Osagie Obayuwana, Omotoye Olorode, and Esther Uzoma show critical links between the struggles of the past and the likely issues of the future. They also elaborate on the abundance of tools and networks that can help different facets of Nigerian leaders to create a better society. In the end, the Nigerian story of progress needs a long term view and audit. This content was originally published at the Coalition for Revolution (CORE).
Nigeria's 200M populous masses have consistently pursued social, economic and cultural freedoms in their journey to establish a free, prosperous and independent society. This journey however has been fraught with false starts, promising wins, and an ever-expanding list of challenges to overcome. and as Mr Osagie Obayuwana, Omotoye Olorode, and Esther Uzoma elaborate, the Nigerian story of progress needs a long term view and audit. This content was initially published at the Coalition for Revolution (CORE).
The Nigerian government must achieve an understanding of the conflict and of Boko Haram to avoid eventual state collapse, with catastrophic implications for West Africa and the continent.