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OP-ED Opinions 

Mr President, Thank You! By Oluwatosin Ishowo

Elwin Mandowa,
It happened on 14th April, 2014. The sad news broke out and the nation was taken aback, the international community was remorseful, something unprecedented  happened in Nigeria. Parents were grieving, everyone with good conscience was thinking “what if it had happened to me?”. You must be wondering what exactly was it that happened and caught everyone unaware? Yes, it is… Read More
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Globalization And Its Impact On The Nigerian Economy By Abraham John Onoja

Elwin Mandowa,
You must have come across a phrase which says, “The world is a global village”.  This is a phrase which is most likely thrown around during discussions in regard to business as it refers to how much the world has opened up, with boundaries removed, making trade and communications between people in different countries easier.  Therefore what is globalisation? It… Read More
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Alternative To PMS Abandoned By Federal Government By Femi Falana

Elwin Mandowa,
As an opposition political party the All Progressive Congress had claimed that fuel subsidy was a fraud perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party-led administration. Its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), had promised to stop such fraudulent subsidy. He also promised to make the comatose refineries work and build new ones if elected by Nigerians. Being a former Minister of… Read More
Africa Investments 

In eastern Uganda, the African Development Bank is helping provide climate-resilient facilities to 100 000 people

Elwin Mandowa,
The provision of additional funds for the Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (WSSP) in  Uganda in 2015, has helped improve access to water and sanitation for one hundred thousand people in the east of the country, according to a recent report by the African Development Bank. The funding, amounting to $8.3 million, was used to preserve and improve the resilience… Read More
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Bandits Take Over Abuja While DSS, Police Go After Protesters By Fredrick Nwabufo

Elwin Mandowa,
Nothing puts greater timbre on the parlous state of security in the country than the denudation of the virtual hedges and moats around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and the disarray of the phalanx of boots in the city. Abuja was once assumed to be impregnable and residents lived with a false sense of security. But the terrorist blitzes in… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank Webinar: Asian Private Sector – Doing Business in Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
What: Webinar for the Asian Private Sector on Doing Business in Africa Who: African Development Bank When: Wednesday, 23 September 2020, 08.00 am to 10.00 am GMT13.30-15.30 pm, (Delhi), 16.00-18.00 pm, (Beijing),17.00-19.00 pm, (Seoul) Where: Virtual Until the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa was the second fastest growing continent outside Asia. The continent’s growth over the past decade, has seen the longest… Read More
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Nigeria: A Failed State Or A World Capital Of Poverty? By Abdulkadir Salaudeen

Elwin Mandowa,
Nigerians should brace up for the many hard times ahead. The future is very dim and very gloomy. This is not an unnecessary pessimism; it is a reality which every mindful person can see. The country has become an enslaved territory with ‘sovereignty’— a phantom sovereignty. If failures are categorized, this government is a failure of an unprecedented category. In… Read More
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Oluwarotimi Akeredolu And His Carrot And Stick Approach By Tunde Akingbondere

Elwin Mandowa,
Calamity rocked the earth as thunder, the mountains have tumbled, birds chirped in mockery as they all scamper into the refuge of their nests. They have hustled and grumbled, they wallowed in Fela’s world of “shuffering and shmiling,” for they have been derobed in a broad day light. Oh!  goddamn! They have been deprived of their nectars as blossoming flowers,… Read More
Africa Investments 

Supporting Public Private Partnerships in Africa: African Development Bank ready to scale up

Elwin Mandowa,
Representatives of the African Development Bank, governments, Development Finance Institutions, the private sector and  professional associations joined a September 8 workshop to discuss how the Bank can strengthen support for Public Private Partnerships and channel greater investment toward economic and social infrastructure. The event, titled Designing the African Development Bank’s PPP Framework, was hosted virtually by the Bank.  The workshop… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank approves $27.33 million to ramp up the African Union’s COVID-19 Response Initiative

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors on Wednesday approved $27.33 million in grants to boost the African Union’s (AU) efforts to mobilize a continental response to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. The approval follows a meeting of the extended Bureau of the Conference of Heads of State and Government with Africa’s private sector on 22 April 2020, chaired by H.E.… Read More
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