All articles in 'Perspectives'


Political Parties’ Discussion Exposes Nigeria’s Il...

If Nigeria has to embrace privatization as the engine of growth for her economy, an enabling environ...

15th February 2015
Nigeria: Agents of Communal Decline

Two major factors appear to have created the environment for the devaluation of the significance of...

15th February 2015
Uganda: Success Need Not Dig a Grave for Museveni

The Ugandan sense of generosity is vast. What if we met to mobilize venture funds or business startu...

15th February 2015
Small Business Is Not a Sprint

I find myself addressing a common concern for small businesses: how fast is too fast to grow one’s s...

15th February 2015
Nigeria 2015: Has the Rubicon Been Crossed?

Out of the rotten timber of Nigeria, oddities and peculiarities should not perpetuate ad infinitum....

16th February 2015
Kenya Devolution On Right Track

Development partners are currently providing funding for devolution support programs of over USD 100...

16th February 2015
Mutembo Nchito: A Zambian Jesus?

Under Sata the State did anything it wanted to do, almost at will. But it did one good thing; it app...

23rd February 2015
Africa Land Grabs: Lessons for Somalia

Today, Somalia’s farmland similar to its neighbouring countries is in danger of falling into the han...

24th February 2015
Migration and Trafficking in Ghana: Challenges and...

The nature and scope of human movements keep changing with emerging global trends. These dynamics ca...

26th February 2015
Angola: The Tale of an African Oil Economy

The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of an...

26th February 2015
Happiness in Nigeria: Chasing a Mirage?

Happiness is not a personal object; it is a universal property. It is large enough for all human bei...

2nd March 2015
Tanzania's Street Hawkers: An Economic Potential

Economists have advised the Tanzanian Government to change its attitude towards street hawkers and o...

2nd March 2015
Promoting Grassroots Entrepreneurship and Innovati...

Popularizing entrepreneurial innovation at the grassroots level is not simply about how one creates...

3rd March 2015
The Origin of African Women Disempowerment

From ancient legal documents, we know that women were able to manage and dispose of private property...

8th March 2015
Self Preservation: Which Way for Africans?

Self-preservation is the first undisputed order of business and survival. Anyone not disposed to tha...

8th March 2015
Emerging Issues in Cyber Security in the Financial...

In today's interconnected world, eternal vigilance is the price we have to pay not merely for the be...

9th March 2015
Women’s Empowerment and Development Towards Africa...

The world will not celebrate women just for their struggles for gender equality, but will recognize...

10th March 2015
The 2015 Nigeria Elections: Why the US Silence?

It’s time for the U.S. to offer a firm handshake to the people of Nigeria, signaling that we underst...

13th March 2015
Uganda: FDC’s Shift From Emotions to Objectivity i...

In these ensuing inter and intra political party policy debates, we must pick lessons and refine our...

13th March 2015
Dr. Simone Gbagbo’s Imprisonment: Lesson for First...

Dr. Simone GbagboIvorian former first lady, Dr. Simone Gbagbo, is now a prisoner. Mr G...

13th March 2015
Egypt: Dreams and Tales of Building Nuclear Indust...

The Egyptian political leadership continues to regard nuclear power plants as an important and indis...

17th March 2015
Economic Progress: Why Africa is Marktiming

Until African nations reduce or eliminate their 54 odd and weak currencies to say three or four cur...

17th March 2015
Kenya and the Fragile Building ‘Terrorism’

The Architectural Association of Kenya, the Board of Registration of Architects and the Quantity Sur...

21st March 2015
China-Africa Relationship: Is it Really Win-Win?

Is China carrying the master-key that will finally unlock Africa's economic potential, or is the gia...

21st March 2015
Kenneth Kaunda: The Missing Legacy

Kenneth Kaunda                           P. CourtesyThere is a West African adage that s...

23rd March 2015
21st Century Africa Must Increase its Intellectual...

For Africa, poverty will be reduced when intellectual capital is increased and leveraged to export k...

30th March 2015
Social Media and Nigeria’s Democratic Space

The days of changing election results by the returning officers have gone. By the power of social me...

6th April 2015
Peacebuilding: Role of Youth in Africa

Peace is a precondition for development as development itself is a precondition and guarantee of pea...

31st March 2015
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