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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
Investments 

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
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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
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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
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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
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‘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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Police: Grant Bala Access To A Lawyer And Formally Charge Him By Leo Igwe

Elwin Mandowa,
To appease the international community, Nigerian authorities have told British parliamentarians that Nigerian humanist, Mubarak Bala, has been charged in court in Kano. They claimed that he was charged with insulting religion. This is not exactly the case. This representation is another attempt by Nigerian officials to misinform the world, misrepresent issues, and become a party to delaying and denying… Read More
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The Demystification Of Mr. Muhammed Buhari By Dr. Prince Charles Dickson

Elwin Mandowa,
So when there is no shooting inside the Presidential Villa, involving the aides of the First Lady, (an office itself which is a subject of demystification of this administration and the head of it) and the presidency, there is the drama of the First Lady versus members of Mr. Muhammed Buhari’s family. Well, let me start here that Mr. Muhammed… Read More
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Liberation Begins By Decolonizing The Mind So Let’s Rename Lake Victoria After African Icons Like Sankara By Milton Allimadi

Elwin Mandowa,
Fellow Africans and friends of Africa liberation starts by “Decolonizing The Mind,” to borrow the title of a must-read book by Ngugi wa Thiong’o the Kenyan intellectual and author. Africans why do we in the 21st century still have a “Lake Victoria” in Uganda and a “Victoria Falls” in Zimbabwe? These are just two of the many African wonders that… Read More
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Hasty Generalization Fallacy In The Classification Of Nigeria Into Three Ethnic Nationalities And The Wazobia Acronym By Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo

Elwin Mandowa,
It is an undisputed fact that the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba ethnic groups are the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria. It is a fact that the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba languages are widely spoken in Nigeria aside English language. It is a fact that the official language of Nigeria is English and in special circumstances Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. It… Read More
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