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OP-ED Opinions 

I’m Not A Campaign Clown, I’ll Deliver What I Promised By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Elwin Mandowa,
The presidential primaries are over. We turn our attention from the much ridiculed speeches during the primaries by the APC and PDP presidential aspirants. It is time for both candidates to start making campaign promises they have no intention of fulfilling.As usual, most of the campaign promises will be garden variety pandering: electricity 24/7, 400 million jobs, 500 million public… Read More
Africa Investments 

Outside the classroom, Ghanaian student thrives as a poultry farmer

Elwin Mandowa,
Mornings start early for Clara Saibu of Tamale in Ghana. She doesn’t wake up to the sound of an alarm clock, but to chickens, waiting to be fed. Saibu, a 23-year-old final-year student at the University of Cape Coast, is also a poultry farmer and beneficiary of the Savannah Investment Program, a national agriculture program financed by the African Development… Read More
Africa Malawi Southern Africa World 

Why Malawi’s president stripped his deputy of powers

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– – Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has stripped his Vice-President Saulos Chilima of all his delegated powers. The decision was taken by the President after Chilima was named in a $150m corruption scandal involving government contracts. According to a report by the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the vice president and other 52 current and former officials had received money from… Read More
Africa Business World 

Indirect tax developments in Sub-Saharan Africa

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– – There have been significant developments in indirect tax within Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in the past year. The vast majority of developments have been based around VAT amendments and policies, as well as general budget updates for 2022 across SSA. This article includes key developments from Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Ghana The Parliament… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Peter Obi, Oseni Rufai And The Import Of An ‘Inconsequential’ Manifesto, By Rotimi Akinola

Elwin Mandowa,
If care is not taken, Labour Party candidate Peter Obi will degenerate from the darling of the 2023 election to a comic relief fit only for punctuating our elongated predicament. I’m seriously warning any serious-minded Nigerian who cares to listen that this seemingly serious former Anambra governor could turn out to be a serious joke. Visit INEC registration centres and see how young Nigerians are… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Beware Of Any Candidate Who Comes In The Name Of Fighting Corruption, By Fredrick Nwabufo

Elwin Mandowa,
The unravelings of the past seven years should jolt us to sombre reality, if for any reason we are still in the thrall of propagandised political chicanery. Any candidate who makes his election campaign about fighting corruption without antecedented commitment to this end and without a clear plan and strategy is thoroughly lying. Fighting corruption takes grueling years of institutional… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

The Shadow Of June 12 – The Left and Nigeria’s Democratic Revolution, By Baba Aye

Elwin Mandowa,
Political parties in Nigeria are already gearing up for the next general election, coming up in the first quarter of 2023. The 2023 election will be the seventh election in succession since the civil rule was reinstated in 1999, after 16 years of military rule. The last six years of that military interregnum were politically defined by what has entered… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank Group supports Cabo Verde’s Investment Forum as it targets €2 billion in investments

Elwin Mandowa,
The fourth edition of the Cabo Verde Investment Forum has successfully ended in Sal Island, with active support from the African Development Bank. The Forum, held from 16-17 June 2022, was set up to accelerate private and public financial sector investments to drive sustainable economic growth and job creation in Cabo Verde. The island nation’s prime minister, Dr. Ulisses Correia… Read More
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