Dr. Okonjo-Iweala On Nigeria's Empty Excess Crude Account And Sovereign Wealth Fund

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, former Nigeria's Minister of Finance, explains why Nigeria's Excess Crude…


Term Limits In Africa Matter

Joseph Siegle. Africa has a problem of presidents not leaving office when it’s time to do so. The…


Africa’s Islamic State?

  J. Peter Pham. Even as, coming out of the annual NATO summit in Wales, the United States and…


President Buhari; A Man For All People? So He Says, At least For Now

  Nnamdi Awa-Kalu. As inaugural speeches go, President Muhammadu Buhari’s defining moment in…


2015 Africa Prosperity Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  In a two-day summit held in Dar es Salaam from May 20 – May 21, 2015, to discuss a wide…


Creation of More States in Nigeria is A Bad Idea; Just Ask The Unemployed Millions

John O. Ifediora. Nigeria, like its oil-exporting counterparts such as Venezuela, Iran, Algeria,…


To Bribe Or Not To Bribe? That Should No Longer Be The Question In Nigeria

    A Two-Step Recommendation To The In-Coming Buhari Administration For Curbing…


South Africa’s Shame

Bukola Bolarinwa. In April 2015 another wave of xenophobic violence swept over South Africa.…


Nigeria's National Security Fallacy

Nnamdi Awa-Kalu. On December 10, 1974, then United States Secretary of State and National Security…


Sovereign Wealth Funds As Means to Effective Development Strategy For Resource-Rich African Countries

John O. Ifediora. Botswana has Sovereign Wealth Funds, and has used them admirably to develop its…