A Review of the Power Sector in Nigeria
This document examines how Nigeria is the largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa with a GDP of approximately USD397 billion (NBS,…
Library Region: Africa
Tackling Covid-19: The Need For A Nigerian Response
This brief explores what meassures are necessary to tackle covid-19 in Nigeria.
Women’s Work And Taxation In The Informal Economy: Issues In Urban Governance In Nigeria
Taxation is fundamental to planning for citizen- Tcentred development. However, the informal sector in Africa and particularly Nigeria is poorly…
Unpacking Falsehoods: COVID-19 and responses in Kano State
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) held an online forum on April 28, 2020 to examine what was happening…
Fake News In West Africa – Flows, Facilitators And Fixes
This document highlights the individuals or organizations involved in the spread of falsehoods, the tactics they seek to employ, and…
Will France’s Africa Policy Hold Up?
This paper examines how while Macron’s pivot has created new political space for France-Africa engagement on more equal footing, the…
Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy
This book explores how Nigeria’s major development challenge is not the ‘oil curse’, but of achieving economic diversification beyond its…
The Three Issues That Will Make or Break the Prosper Africa Initiative
This document examines how the U.S. government’s Prosper Africa program, launched in 2019, aims to double two-way trade and investment…
Regional Cooperation on Democratization and Conflict Management in Africa
While the African Union (AU) is leading overarching efforts to establish continent-wide norms for acceptable political conduct, regional institutions are…
Navigating the Opportunities and Risks of the European Green Deal for Africa
This document examines how the European Green Deal is mainly a collection of internal EU policy instruments, yet its potential…