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…
Why Terra Industries Had to Go to Silicon Valley, By Olumide Awoyemi
When Terra Industries, a Nigerian defence technology startup, recently announced an $11.75 million funding round led by Silicon Valley venture firm 8VC, many celebrated it as a triumph of Nigerian innovation. Co-founded by 22-year-old Nathan Nwachuku and 26-year-old Maxwell Maduka, Terra is currently protecting assets valued at approximately $11 billion across Nigeria—hydropower plants, mines, and…
What does Dangote really want?, By Simbo Olorunfemi
“There is no doubt that the coming into the market by Dangote Refinery will upend rules, traditions, and conventions as the industry has known it, as what Dangote has done in setting up such a massive refinery is to disrupt the industry within and without, at home and abroad. It would thus be naive on…
NASENI Launches Inter-Agency Innovation Competition for MDAs
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) is excited to announce the launch of an Inter-Agency Innovation Competition & Awards aimed at harnessing innovation, promoting collaboration and creativity among Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government. NASENI has the statutory mission “to develop and maintain a dynamic infrastructure to drive Nigeria’s…
The Paper Paradox: Breaking the “Regime” of Stagnation in Nigerian Pharma Manufacturing, By Olumide Awoyemi
In the bustling industrial estates of Ikeja, Agbara, and Ota, a quiet crisis is unfolding. It is not a crisis of capability; Nigerian pharmaceutical manufacturers are among the most resilient and resourceful in the world. It is not a crisis of demand—with a population of over 200 million, the market for essential medicines is vast…
Tuggar and the Nigerian Air Force Eleven in Ouagadougou, By Simbo Olorunfemi
“Nigeria has never had expansionist tendencies, never been threatening towards our neighbours,      and always chosen the path of peace and conciliation. This, in part, may have to do with the makeup      of our polity and social fabric. Being such a huge country, we are used…
Why locally made goods can’t compete with Imports, By Olumide Awoyemi
Walk into any policy discussion on Nigerian manufacturing, and you’ll hear the same refrain: local producers need protection from imports. Poultry farmers want tariffs on frozen chicken. Fish processors demand import restrictions. Local refineries want tariffs on imported fuel. Textile manufacturers plead for border controls. The pattern repeats across nearly every sector of the economy….
The Adesina-Oramah Legacy: Lessons for Nigeria By Simbo Olorunfemi and Ade Adefeko
What a year it has been for Nigeria, one that might yet go down in the country’s foreign relations history as one of the most consequential. Not since the era in which Nigeria played a frontline role in decolonising Africa and ending the ignoble reign of apartheid in South Africa, and then, her defining role…
Shelter Afrique Development Bank Gets New Board Leadership
Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB), the Pan-African Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) dedicated to promoting and financing housing, urban development and related infrastructure, has announced the election of Mr. Lionel Zinsou as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Mr. Said Athman Mtwana as Vice Chairman. The elections were concluded during the 149th Meeting of the Board of…
Reclaiming Our Ungoverned Spaces in the Throes of a Polycrisis, By Simbo Olorunfemi
We have obviously now found ourselves in that difficult place in which we are not only faced with multiple and interconnected crises, but an ever-evolving violent extremism that has been metastasizing and changing form as it grows. We are faced with what suggests itself as a polycrisis, a term coined by Edgar Morin and Anne…
NCC Wins 2025 WSIS Prize
Nigeria, through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has won the 2025 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) prize for its project, the Digital Awareness Programme (DAP), under Category C3, which is on Access to Information and Knowledge. The DAP, one of hundreds of projects submitted for the WSIS Prizes competition 2025, received the highest…
