Africa Enterprise
Africa Enterprise is a publication by Hoofbeatdotcom Publishers set up to promote entrepreneurship and innovation in Africa. Our editorial and project-support team cuts across different countries in Africa. We share success stories and challenges faced by select African entrepreneurs, in building their businesses, to inspire future generations and encourage innovation, endeavour and private sector development…
The Innovation Deficit: Why Nigeria’s Traditional Industries Remain Frozen in Time, By Olumide Awoyemi
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt for explaining how innovation drives sustained economic growth. Their research reveals a profound truth: for the first time in human history, the last two centuries have witnessed continuous economic growth that has lifted vast numbers out of poverty….
What is Nigeria Bringing Back from UNGA at 80? By Simbo Olorunfemi and Ade Adefeko
Today, Mr Kashim Shettima, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will be addressing the United Nations General Assembly. It is a speech we eagerly anticipate, not just because the VP has a way with words and is well regarded as a Bibliophile, the speech comes on the back of his impressive presentation last…
What is Nigeria Bringing Back from UNGA at 80? By Simbo Olorunfemi and Ade Adefeko
Today, Mr Kashim Shettima, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will be addressing the United Nations General Assembly. It is a speech we eagerly anticipate, not just because the VP has a way with words and is well regarded as a Bibliophile, the speech comes on the back of his impressive presentation last…
AI to Take Centre Stage at the 2025 Afreximbank Compliance Forum in Kigali
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR), will host the 2025 Afreximbank Compliance Forum (ACF2025) from 12 – 14 November 2025, in Kigali, Rwanda. Under the theme “Better Compliance – Better Trade: Embracing AI to Promote and Secure Trade Through a Modern AML/CFT Compliance Framework”, the Forum will focus on how AI…
Chagoury, the Lebanese who found Home in Nigeria By Simbo Olorunfemi and Ade Adefeko
Miziara, with a population of 6,000 people, is a beautiful Lebanese village perched on the Hills of the North Governorate of the country, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. While Lebanon is widely known as a country of diaspora, with more of its people outside the country than within its borders, nowhere is that as pronounced as…
Elombi: When Preparation Meets Opportunity at AfreximBank
Elombi: When Preparation Meets Opportunity at AfreximBank By Simbo Olorunfemi and Ade Adefeko “As we look to the future, I see Afreximbank as a force for industrialising Africa and…
Afreximbank and MDGIF sign landmark US$ 500 million MoU
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) and the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund (MDGIF) have signed a landmark memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a collaborative framework aimed at promoting, developing and improving gas infrastructure in Nigeria. It was signed on the sidelines of the just ended fourth Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) by Mrs Helen…
Time for a General Rollout of the African Passport,
Time for a General Rollout of the African Passport, By Simbo Olorunfemi and Ade Adefeko “Africa is today at midcourse, in transition from the Africa of yesterday to the Africa of Tomorrow. Even as we stand here, we move from the past into the future. The task, on which we have embarked, the making…
Yusuf Tuggar’s Foreign Policy Doctrine of ‘Strategic Autonomy’ in RAP
Yusuf Tuggar’s Foreign Policy Doctrine of ‘Strategic Autonomy’ in RAP, By Simbo Olorunfemi “Flavor Flav has problems of his own, I can’t do nuttin’ for ya man” – Public Enemy Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, took quite a few people by surprise during a live TV interview when, in addressing the reported demand…
Let us build a digital future that is resilient- Maida
Good day, distinguished guests, esteemed members of the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), industry leaders, government representatives, and valued stakeholders. It is a privilege to stand before you at the 2nd edition of ATCON’s Strategic Stakeholders Meeting, a platform that exemplifies collaboration and innovation in Nigeria’s telecommunications sector. I extend my sincere gratitude…
