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OP-ED Opinions 

Security: How Monguno Is Dragging Service Chiefs Behind By Emmanuel Okoye

Elwin Mandowa,
One thing you cannot take away from the National Security Adviser, Major General Mohammed Babagana Monguno (rtd), is the fact that he is not totally unaware of the challenges hampering the security of the nation. The retired Major General and old boy of Kings College, Lagos, who is experienced in military intelligence though an engineer by training, most times is… Read More
Investments 

Building the momentum to enhance private sector participation in climate change and green investment in Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
What: Consultation workshop to showcase options for private sector investments in climate change Who: African Development Bank, Stantec When: 25 June 2020; 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm GMT Where:  Virtual The Climate Change and Green Growth Department of the African Development Bank, with the global infrastructure firm, Stantec, will host a consultation workshop on enhancing private sector participation in climate… Read More
Africa OP-ED Opinions 

A Young Executive’s Prescription For COVID-19’s Depression By Hamzat Lawal

Elwin Mandowa,
If there is anything like being immunized for the rainy day, that was exactly what happened to me last year when I went through a period of depression. In hindsight, I can now say that, perhaps, The Almighty, being aware of how the COVID-19 pandemic was going to hit the world below the belt, quickly took me through a crash… Read More
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Africa’s agriculture value chains must go digital to transform production – webinar

Elwin Mandowa,
Africa must seize the opportunity of the COVID-19 pandemic to deepen the digitalization of agricultural value chains and transform the sector, speakers at a webinar jointly hosted by the FAO Investment Centre and the African Development Bank said. The webinar, held on 10 June, is the first of a four-part series discussing transforming agriculture in Africa through digitalization. It explored… Read More
Investments 

How Rwanda is spurring a generation of women in technology

Elwin Mandowa,
Rwanda is renowned as a pioneer for gender equality. In 2020, it was the only African country ranked in the top 10 of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report. It ranked in the top four in the Report’s political empowerment category, in recognition of the high proportion of Rwandese women lawmakers and ministers. The country therefore seemed a… Read More
Africa OP-ED Opinions 

Buhari: A Dictator Murdering His Own People By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Elwin Mandowa,
Urgent global attention is being paid to Nigeria’s monstrous President, Muhammadu Buhari, as he commits genocide on his own people. A long string of killing goes on in Katsina State. As I penned this column, at least 23 people were reportedly killed on Saturday at Ruwan Tofa Village in Zamfara State. Buhari proved incapable of addressing the incessant killings going… Read More
Investments 

S&P Global affirms African Development Bank’s AAA rating, with stable outlook

Elwin Mandowa,
Ratings agency S&P Global on Friday affirmed its ‘AAA/A-1+’ long- and short-term issuer credit assessment of the African Development Bank (AfDB) with a stable outlook. The rating agency positively assessed the Bank’s very strong financial risk profile, very strong capital adequacy, strong funding and liquidity, extraordinary shareholder support and adequacy of its governance and management.  “We are therefore affirming our ‘AAA’… Read More
Africa OP-ED Opinions 

‘War’ In The Villa: Aisha Buhari Vs The Cabal By Ozodinukwe Okenwa

Elwin Mandowa,
Penultimate week the ‘powerful’ news went viral online eliciting concerns already expressed by concerned Nigerians to the effect that President Muhammadu Buhari does not have his hands fully on the power handle. His Personal Assistant and Private Secretary, Sabiu ‘Tunde’ Yusuf (alias Idiagbon), one of the prominent members of the entrenched cabal in Aso Rock had returned from a trip… Read More
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