Sub-Saharan Africa has an especially urgent need to strengthen surgical care systems. Surgery has long been a neglected component of health care for people on the African continent, and equitable integration of surgical and anaesthetic care remains the key challenge to strengthening health systems and achieving universal health coverage in Africa. If we get this…
“Suji my son, you must follow me somewhere, I want to blow your mind and quadruple your vision”. This was a message I got from my royal father, the Ooni of Ife, HRH Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ojaja II. I had to leave everything I was doing and make my way to Ibeju lekki Free…
For Angola to achieve its targeted 9.9 GW of installed generation capacity and 60% electrification rate by 2025, the country’s Government has instituted an ambitious infrastructure plan. This plan is supported by a series of regulatory reforms, incentives for investors, and strategic partnerships that will require the execution of bankable Power Purchase Agreements, external financing,…
With the discovery of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) gas field in 2015 and the latest developments regarding the BirAllah field, Mauritania has become an increasingly attractive destination for investment. In addition to hydrocarbon supply benefits, the country is set to see numerous economic opportunities made possible through oil and gas monetization, all of which…
With the discovery of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) gas field in 2015 and the latest developments regarding the BirAllah field, Mauritania has become an increasingly attractive destination for investment. In addition to hydrocarbon supply benefits, the country is set to see numerous economic opportunities made possible through oil and gas monetization, all of which…
I have in the past few months, both in speaking and even writing about this and related issues, approached the subject from the point of view of a just transition. That is, the broad notion that the burdens of climate change and its mitigation must be fairly and equitably shared between African countries – who…
I like Mr Peter Obi. Trust me, I do. I first got to know about him way back in the 90’s, while he was still in the UK, I think, courtesy of the early editions of Ovation, before the magazine morphed into what people now know it as. Already wealthy then, his simplicity and outlook…
