Nigeria
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Leadership Challenges 2020: Why Nigeria’s development remains stunted
Nigeria is a federation by necessity, given its size and very high ethnic and geographic diversity. To keep the country in one piece, the system is centralized and uses a matrix of quotas to try to keep all groups and regions together. This design, however, combined with overall poor leadership, tends to impede the development of the country, which is experiencing demographic growth and economic stagnation.
Africa powers ahead with help of foreign investment from BRICS nations
Economic growth and development in sub-Saharan Africa is being held back by a lack of access to electricity. US President Barack Obama has pledged a US$7 billion initiative to tackle this lack of power. But foreign investment and trade from China, India and Brazil - in return for raw materials ...
Africa’s stability and growth faces threats from armed militia
Africa’s economy could be transformed with its wealth of natural resources. But weak governments, terrorists and armed militia threaten the stability and development of much of the continent as the impact of North Africa’s Arab Spring reverberates across a wider region THREE major risks face Africa’s stability and develop...
