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Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye AjariSeptember 6, 2019

The Internet’s growth remains on the fast track mostly in the Western Hemisphere but, for most countries in Africa, Internet development falters and often depends on Western innovation or intervention. Nigeria is not exempt from this.

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Africa’s Misinformation Struggles The Impact of Misinformation on Africa and African Media

Christopher AjuloSeptember 6, 2019

The major damage of misinformation in Africa will not be press regulation, but that the public may come to distrust all news, including real news.

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Globalization and Global Value Chains Prospects for Africa's Industrialization

Daniel ChimezieSeptember 6, 2019

Africa can promote industrialization by leveraging on its abundant cheap labour, its commodities and the green industrialization agenda.

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Reading Nigeria’s Political History What to Read on Politics in Post-independence Nigeria

Farida Funmi AkanjiJune 23, 2019

The texts in this reading list, while not exhaustive, expand on how Nigerian politics arrived at what it is today.

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Is all Jihad in Africa Local? Africa and Militant Jihadism

Dr Olajumoke (Jumo) AyandeleMay 25, 2019

Analysts that separate the jihadist ideology of ‘transnational’ groups from that of ‘local’ groups risk underestimating the central role of jihad as an armed political struggle in creating radical social change.

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Nigeria’s ‘Pentecostal’ Presidency Ebenezer Obadare's Pentecostal Republic

Kasope AleshinloyeMay 9, 2019

In his latest book, Ebenezer Obadare explores the ascent of Pentecostalism as the principal expression of Christianity in Nigeria and as a socio-political force.

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What We Think about when We Think about Elections Revisiting Political Ideology in Nigeria

Naro Omo-Osagie and Chukwuka Gideon IsikaMay 9, 2019

Many have argued that Nigerian political parties do not have ideologies; and that even before independence, ethnic and money politics relegated issue-based politics to the background. This is true for many reasons.

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Lessons from the Third Force Nigeria's 2019 Elections in Review

Oluwamayowa IdowuMay 9, 2019

Third Force political parties reflected the hope of Nigerians during the 2019 elections. But their overwhelming defeat highlighted the fact that gathering success in Nigerian politics requires an established structure and grassroots engagement.

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