Dr. Olukayode Oyeleye, Business a.m.’s Editorial Advisor, who graduated in veterinary medicine from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, before establishing himself in science and public policy journalism and communication, also has a postgraduate diploma in public administration, and is a former special adviser to two former Nigerian ministers of agriculture. He specialises in development and policy issues in the areas of food, trade and competition, security, governance, environment and innovation, politics and emerging economies.


ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL, after all, and South Africa’s politics is typical. In a country where the new high road to power is the street

THE SEA CHANGE SWEEPING ACROSS the Sahel has just reached the northern tip of the Western coast of West Africa. This time, it

  EMERGING PRACTICAL evidence in both historical and contemporary contexts in Africa are now providing a strong basis to

________________________________________________________________ Editor’s Note: After taking some time out, Dr Oyeleye returns to

PENULTIMATE WEEKEND, the West African regional economic bloc, ECOWAS,  made a spirited attempt to draw the countries that earlier

TIME FOR SCORECARD. It is now 2034. The epitaph in front of the edifice that once served as the headquarters of the Economic Community

The purported approval by the House of Representatives of the release of food from the national strategic reserves in response to food

  IMPACTS OF RECENT disengagement from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger may

CULMINATION OF EVENTS since the nearly past four years in West Africa are now crystallising. The latest was the announcement made on

Nestory Fedeliko (FEDE) produced this cartoon for the LSE Africa Summit 2015   PERSPECTIVE, DIRECTION AND FOCUS, these three major