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BRAZZAVILLE WRAPS: THE AFDB JUST HIT “RESET” ON AFRICA’S FINANCES
Let’s cut through the noise. If you saw the headlines from Brazzaville this week, they probably sounded like this: “AfDB Endorses Four Cardinal Points.”…
THE $717 MILLION MYTH: Why Nigeria’s World Bank Loan Was Cancelled (And No, Your Comments On Instagram Didn’t Do It)
In this piece, we’re going to clear up something really important. Because if you scrolled through the World Bank’s Instagram page a few weeks…
THE INVISIBLE TAX: WHY AFRICA’S BRILLIANT IDEAS KEEP FAILING (AND IT’S NOT ABOUT MONEY)
In this amazing piece we ran across on BusinessDay Nigeria, Olufunke Olufon writes about a tax that doesn’t appear in any budget, isn’t collected…
Four Hundred Billion Reasons Africa Can’t Wait for Permission
Four hundred billion dollars is the the annual gap between what Africa needs to build its future and what it can actually afford to…
Grit travels. Grind translates. Victory echoes farther when it’s earned the hard way.
Let me start with this: Congratulations, Arsenal Football Club. Not the polite, corporate kind. The real kind. The kind you give to someone who…
THE “BIG FAMILY” METAPHOR: WHAT CHINA’S OPEN DOOR ACTUALLY MEANS FOR AFRICANS
Let me tell you about a gate. Not a metaphorical one. A physical, iron-wrought, heavily administered barrier that stood between two continents for a…
YOU SHOULD BE IN ADDIS ABABA THIS JUNE. HERE’S WHY.
Africa doesn’t need another conference where people talk about young entrepreneurs while the entrepreneurs are stuck outside the venue. We’ve all been there. The…
THE FIRST 1,000 DAYS: WHY A CONFERENCE IN LOME MATTERS MORE THAN YOU THINK
Let’s start with the stat for the day: 33%. That’s the current rate of stunting (children too short for their age due to chronic…
THE MONEY IS THERE. THE BRIDGE ISN’T.
Let’s skip the press releases for a second. Imagine you’re sitting in a café in Nairobi last week. The city’s buzzing. Not because of…
“Don’t Lend Nigeria Money!” — Why Nigerians Are Right to Be Angry, and Why the World Bank Probably Isn’t Listening
If you’ve scrolled through the World Bank’s Twitter, LinkedIn, or Instagram this week, you’ve seen it. The comments section has become a town square…