Nothing? That is no news. You are definitely not alone in thinking so. A couple of weeks back, under the auspices of our Africa Enterprise, we organised the Enterprise Development Talk with the same theme – What do you have in your hands? I didn’t get to speak, but it definitely took me down memory…
Uyo. Akwa Ibom. Slightly over a month ago. It was the last of our four days in Akwa Ibom. It was a Sunday. Departure flight was for early evening. Decided on a walk around what I had, on previous visits, thought to be an expansive greenery around Meridien (now known as Ibom Icon). I always…
Everything in the 51 years of Ade Adefeko’s life would appear to have come together to prepare him for where he is today and the man he is has become – a quintessential bridge-builder in whom people, nations and businesses have found a point of convergence. “I am a man of many parts. I am…
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…
In the last few years, the world has begun a more definitive transition from the place of cynicism and misunderstanding about the issue of Climate Change to that of warmer realisation, if not wholesome acceptance, of the reality of the phenomenon as a significant threat. But then, even in the face of a whittling down…
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…
Yesterday, I came across the article by Retson A Tedheke . As usual, he writes from a deep place of undiluted patriotism and knowledge that can only come from hands-on experience, battling with real-life challenges confronting us as a nation. On the Kaduna-Abuja corridor, he submits that “what is happening there is more economic and…
Each time I see our young people complain, lamenting how difficult things are, with the doors of opportunity shut in their faces, I smile. If only they know. Not too young to run? I smile. The young have always been running. All over the place. The young have always run. Look around you. Many of…
