FEEEDS, FE3DS series

What is a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and what value does this development paradigm have for Africa? Public-private partnerships (PPPs) can take many forms, and can be projects and programs not just with the private sector. PPPs are one of the more innovative ways to address development, economic...

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The Durban Climate Change (CC) meeting of the Conference of Parties' 17th Session and 7th Conference of Paris (better known as COP 17 & CM7) is a follow on from Cancun (see 12/2010 Africa Post, TAP - bit.ly/cccancun) which did not move a lot of...

There are several key global issues of our day that require constant advocacy and dialogue to ensure that we as a nation and as a global community are doing our utmost to make the world a better place for the next generations. I believe that some of these issues are:...

FEEEDS/FE3DS Series
Last year, 2010, I had a wish list for Nigeria@50, a milestone in the life of any nation, which was published in Leadership, the Guardian and a number of other Nigerian newspapers. Leadership has asked me to review that summer 2010 list to see which wishes, in...

Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are talked about a lot in the framework of growing unemployment and high population rates as the region rushes past the billionth person population mark (most of whom are under 30). There are a number of international forums, which have...

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We have all heard it! We have all read about it! Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) is in an economic boom, so let's recognize it as so! Thus, FEEEDS® is coining, on May 25, 2011, Africa Liberation Day, the acronym BRICA. Hence,...

Answer: Improve Education & Health, Build Agriculture & Transform Energy Sector, and Improve Anti-Corruption Efforts

The majority of international and local civil society observers saw the results of Nigeria's election series on April 9, April 16, and April 26, 2011, as credible. However, they, along with the opposition also noted...

I had the honor of personally co-hosting a luncheon on May 16, 2011 for the newly re-elected governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) at the Army-Navy Club in Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the Constituency for Africa -- one of the leading U.S. advocacy organization focused on Africa. As...

After significant logistical missteps that sent serious concerns throughout the Nigerian electorate hoping for the first credible polls since the 1990s, the country and many of its friends around the world are hoping that the rescheduled first round elections on April 9th, 2011, get off on the right foot.

Nigeria...

A Look at the Economic, Business, and Investment Relationship

The Power Relationship: Why it Exists, Where it's Going?

Why is a country like China, now eclipsing Japan as the second largest world economy with a 2010 growth rate of 10.3 percent, and sub-Saharan Africa, identified as the next emerging market...

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Can Sub-Saharan Africa be the next bread basket for the world, helping to address global food security issues? The answer is yes; the challenge is how. Sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of the developing world have a key role to play in leading, designing, deciding,...

As Cancún ends with environmental issues and policy still on the table that will affect not only how future generations live, but how the planet copes with the enormous carbon foot print (greenhouse gases produced by humans measured in units of carbon dioxide, CO2 equivalent or CO2-eq), the voice of...

Nigeria -- a nation of plenty, a nation of potential, and nation of prospects. These are the key pillars that the next 50 years should bring to fruition for this great country. As an African-American who sees Nigeria as one of the most important global nations in the world today,...

What Next For Nigeria

On what was supposed to be a day to recognize the 50th anniversary of Nigeria on October 1, the capital, Abuja, was rocked by two car bombs, killing at least 12 people. First sympathies go out to the nation, and to the families of all those...

Road to Nigeria's Elections blogspot series

As Nigeria continues on the path to its critical elections which appears to be slated for April 2011, there are two key things to keep in mind which I call the two R's: Nigeria's Resilience and Nigeria's Resolve. Do not underestimate either. Having...

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There have been few reports noting the growing food security issue that has arisen over the last few months in the West Africa Region. We all need to pay more attention to this so that it doesn't turn into a regional crisis. Affected countries in...

This blogspot is part of the series "The Road to Nigeria's 2011 Elections"

Tick, Tick... What is that sound? Nigeria's election clock ticking toward a January 2011 election, but much work still needs to be done so that everyone, particularly friends of Nigeria, can begin to exhale that things are...

This blog is part of the series: The Road to Nigeria's 2011 Elections

Nigerian youth, 18 and older, must believe in the future of their country and believe in the nation's elections process. This was the message on World Youth Day on August 12, 2010, in Abuja, as youth...

This week President Obama hosted a landmark event to celebrate the future of Africa -- a continent that will have a population of over 1.5 billion in the next several years. He met with Africa's next generation of leaders in a unique forum -- Africa Young Leaders' Forum --...

The road to Nigeria having credible elections in 2011 is an important one for the country and for the African Continent. The country will embark on a herculean task of creating a new voter registry that could represent some 65-70 million voters -- many of them new voters, given that...