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What Aileth African Americans?

It looks like the fate of the black person be they native Africans or their extended cousins all over the world especially in US America, is sealed and they are reduced by all practical measure to complaining, being despondent, catching the rear or presenting themselves to other races like persons owed something and deserve to be paid back. While that […]

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Celebrating Unearned Income

With all the dance in the square about oil in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda, it is worthy to note the total daily output is less than 10,000 barrels per day, that is what a group of private/individual producers do in Texas and no one says a word. But for an entire African country marooned on laziness and wishing for ‘manna […]

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Kenya Vision 2030: Will It Drive Kenya Forward?

In the following Q&A, Mr Ejike Okpa answers questions fielded by a Kenyan on Kenya’s Vision 2030 and other development issues in Africa. Q.What is your take on Kenya’s Vision 2030? Okpa: Kenya’s Vision 2030 is a boiler plate document. Although it has received support and legislative backing, what would have given it teeth is lacking. For instance, it says nothing about high […]

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Africa Investment Returns and Growth: Real or Hype?

Why discuss or paint Africa on brush? Be that as it may, it is what it is in Africa. Africa should be taken on country or region basis separately, then analyzed on the basis of housing, water supply, wastewater, road network, civil service productivity, domestic business practices, and power supply, among others. The one-size fits all approach of reporting on […]

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Nigeria: The Debt Evasion Cancer

According to a recent published report purported to come from Nigeria Central Bank but carried by ThisDay, a Nigerian newspaper, some prominent Nigerians are known to be heavily indebted to some banks. Debt is never a crime but refusing to pay is. Some of the prominent names are: 1. Zenon Petroleum, owned by Otedola, owes banks N192.4 billion 2. Arik […]

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NAHB to Train Nigeria Architects, Estate Developers

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), a trade association associated with the residential construction industry will undertake training for architects and real estate developers in Lagos late this year. Please help me understand. How does NAHB train architects and developers? In the United States of America, the professional association for the practice of architecture is the American Institute of […]

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Real Estate Investing in Nigeria

Real Estate is the land and building attached to it. Real Property is the legal rights that run with land and building; leasehold, leased fee, fee simple and freehold. Real estate is the 2-3 dimensional physical aspect of real property. Example of real property is fee simple or freehold; ownership in perpetuity except when interrupted by police power and/or eminent […]

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Curbing and Curtailing Corruption in Nigeria

The confusion and apparent low delivery of justice as it relates to corruption and other matters of such nefarious magnitude is simply due to Nigeria’s judiciary inexperience. Nigeria’s judiciary is devoid of a clear path on how to prosecute corruption because Nigerians are not well disposed to understand there is a line between public funds and private resources. Lace that […]

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Why are African Elites Not Delivering?

I have given up attending stale, non-collateral and non-productive events and programs organized by Africans in Diaspora. And definitely, not one to go hear a holder of PhD. Africans like the glamour of education but not the strength, determination, problem solving ability, practicality and confidence that comes from the knowledge gained. Very few holders of PhD impress me. I am […]

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African Development Bank: Predator?

Despite the fact that the goals, aspirations and achievements of the African Development Bank are laudable, the Bank does not live up to its charges and accolades. Let’s forget about the appearances at Wall Street, NYSE, Clinton Global Initiative and all the other fanfare that most African leaders adopt as the mantra and manifestation of their leadership and window to […]

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