In 2025, the Kwara State Government set in motion a highly visible—and deeply contested—urban renewal drive in Ilorin. Major roads such as Emir’s Road, Zulu Gambari Road, Post Office, Isale Oja and Idi Ape were fenced off or cleared of street trading and ...

African banks spent at least $537 million on expansion deals in 2025, based on disclosed transactions, as the continent’s largest lenders turned to acquisitions to protect earnings, build digital capabilities, and secure new growth markets amid volatile d...

In 2025, Nigeria overhauled its education curricula. The curriculum review, though a welcome development, fuelled contentions among policymakers over subjects eligible for the 2026 West African School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE), leaving the studen...

As 2025 draws to a close, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) finds itself at a crossroads. The macro numbers point to modest but steady growth — yet beneath the surface lie divergent stories:...

Africa’s clean energy challenge is often framed as a problem of insufficient capital. While the continent faces an annual energy investment gap of hundreds of billions of dollars, venture capital (VC) plays only a marginal role in closing it....

Nigeria’s 2026 Budget comes at a moment that feels both fragile and decisive. After more than two years of sweeping reforms that upended familiar but deeply flawed systems,...

Bisi did not set out to become an economist in December. She is a makeup artist in Lekki - good, busy, well-reviewed - and December has always been her best month. But last year, sometime between the third wedding booking of the day and a frantic call fro...

Detty December was never a government blueprint or a carefully sequenced tourism policy. It was a market accident—an explosion of Nigerian soft power driven by Afrobeats dominance, diaspora homecomings, nightlife innovation and Lagos’ raw, chaotic magneti...