Africa: policy recommendations Preventing the looting of the public purse will require Africa and the West to work together By Ola Bello David Cameron, the UK’s Prime Minister, was revealed in a leaked video to have...
Dr Ola Bello
Time Nigeria and Africa hanged tough on South African xenophobia
Many will read with dismay this week's resurgence in xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa (SA). For me particularly, this latest episode hits home in a personal way. Nigeria may need to recall its envoy...
Winning Nigeria’s corruption war requires unconventional steps
Nigeria needs to focus attention on procedural anti-corruption, embedded in the impersonal application of the law, institution-building, and matching of appropriate expertise to functions across the public oversight...
Revitalising the local government system for development in Nigeria
State governments should be deprived of the constitutional powers to unilaterally dissolve elected council officials, divert council revenues and/or illegally deduct funds meant for local councils. Implement a 3-tier...
Nigeria requires coherent economic governance to leverage trade potential
Policy recommendations Nigeria needs to frame stronger state-corporate coordination on economic policymaking, with a central harmonization role given to a coordinating minister for coherence and strategic clarity. An...
Africa must nudge China towards more sustainable energy investments
Policy recommendations The Africa-China partnership needs escalation to a new sustainability-focused phase in which China prioritises, and Africa demands, proactive management of externalities such as labour,...
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