NextierREVIEW: “The China Strategy: Harnessing the Power of the World’s Fastest-Growing Economy” by Edward Tse. Basic Books. (February 2010) Length: 258 pages Onyi Iyizoba The China Strategy presents a comprehensive overview of...
Partnership for the Goals Dr Iro Aghedo Achieving the SDG goal 17 amidst the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic will require the Nigeria government to synergize with development partners to come up innovative ways to clinch further towards the goal...
Olu Aruike Olu Interconnected Mini-Grid is the likely the savior for the power shortage experienced by the rural communities in Nigeria. It provides a win-win situation to all the parties involved. Introduction The people of Mokoloki in Obafemi...
Nextier Advisory This a transcript of the conversation with His Excellency Donald Duke on the “Development Discourse with Patrick Okigbo III” on August 30,2020. Donald Duke was the Governor of Cross River State in Nigeria from May 29, 1999, to May...
By Omooluwakite Olofin and Uche Okoro REVIEW: “The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future” by Joseph Stiglitz. W. W. Norton & Company. (June 2012) Length: 560 pages In ‘The Price of...
Nextier Advisory Patrick Okigbo III in conversation with Bishop Matthew Kukah Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah is the Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sokoto, Nigeria, and is one of Nigeria’s most prominent public intellectuals. He studied...
Exploring the Potentials for Small Hydro Power in Nigeria Osasu Eghobamien The world is going clean at almost the same pace at which crude oil dominated the world in the mid-19th century. The last few decades have seen a tremendous increase in clean...
Gender Development Dr. Ben Nwosu African women and girls face deprivation such as hunger, poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy, diseases, and complex emergencies that limit their upward mobility in fundamental ways. A ray of hope in addressing these...
By Charles Asiegbu REVIEW: “Never Look an American in the Eye: Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts and the Making of a Nigerian American” by Okey Ndibe. Soho Press, Inc. (October 2016) Length:224 pages. In recent times, there...
Catalyzing Last-Mile Economic Development through Inclusive Business By Stanley Zebulon What is Inclusive Business? Inclusive business (IB) provides goods, services, and livelihood on a commercially viable basis either at scale or scalable to people...