The End of Estimated Billing? Inside Nigeria’s Ambitious 7 Million Smart Meter Rollout
By Anscella Obike
For decades, few issues have generated as much frustration among Nigerian electricity consumers as estimated billing. Across homes, businesses and industries, millions of customers have complained about receiving!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Solid Mineral Exploration: Can Kaduna’s Discovery Spark Economic Growth?
By Anscella Obike
For decades, Nigeria's economic fortunes have risen and fallen with the price of crude oil. From boom years that filled government coffers to painful downturns triggered by falling global prices, the country's!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Strait of Hormuz Shock Exposes the Fragility of Nigeria’s Aviation Industry
By Anscella Obike
The disclosure by United Nigeria Airlines that it lost about N10 billion within three months due to the spike in aviation fuel prices following disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz has once again exposed the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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How a $215 Million Bet Is Transforming Africa’s Urban Mobility Landscape
By By Adaobi Rhema Oguejiofor
Africa's cities are growing at an unprecedented pace. Along with this growth comes the urgent challenge of how to move millions of people efficiently, affordably, and sustainably. Across the continent,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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The Productivity Trap: Why Being Busy Is Not the Same as Moving Forward
By Anastasia Adaeze
For many people, productivity has become synonymous with being busy. The days are packed with meetings, phone calls, emails, errands, and endless demands for attention. From morning until night, there is always!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Ebola Again? Understanding the Latest Threat and What It Means for Global Health
By Adaobi Rhema Oguejiofor
In late April 2026, a nurse in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), developed a fever and died days later. Laboratory tests soon confirmed the return of one of the world's deadliest diseases:!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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SEPLAT’S NEW EMPIRE: Effy Okon Takes the Wheel as CEO while Tony Elumelu Steps in as Chairman to…
Kunle Odusola-Stevenson
For decades, the playbook for the African oil and gas sector followed a predictable script. Multinational titans, the historical International Oil Companies (IOCs), extracted crude from the continent’s rich!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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How River Erosion and Shifting Courses Threaten Mobility in Northern Nigeria
Northern Nigeria, a vast region characterised by its diverse topography ranging from the semi-arid Sahel to the Guinea savanna, is currently facing an environmental crisis that directly threatens its economic survival. While!-->!-->!-->…
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“Gas Creates Growth Only Through Utilisation” — Teryima Denen Toryila
Teryima Denen Toryila
Nigeria aims to boost economic growth by leveraging its vast natural gas reserves, but stakeholders are concerned about practical implementation. Despite investments in infrastructure, questions persist regarding!-->!-->!-->…
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The Carbon Harvest: How Climate Markets Are Reshaping African Agriculture
By Ese Ufuoma
In many farming communities across Africa, land has always meant one thing: survival. It is where families plant maize, cassava, rice, cocoa, groundnuts, and hope that the rains cooperate. It is where seasons are!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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