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.


SEARCH FOR THE ELUSIVE PEACE between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan continued penultimate weekend. The meeting, convened on Friday that

Editor’s Note: Dr. Oyeleye is taking an emergency break from his running series, Time to activate Africa’s idle magnetic force, to

AFRICAN SOIL HAS BEEN a testing ground for an assortment of policy ideas. From Marxist-Communist, to Capitalist, neoliberal or hybrids

The world inches towards 8 billion inhabitants in the next couple of years. The most recent United Nations’ current world population

SO MUCH FOR THE African Development Bank (AfDB) headquartered in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The multilateral development bank has been in

By Olukayode Oyeleye ISSUES THAT SPUR many people into activism and prompt many more to consider and rally support for collective

PANDEMICS HAVE BEEN infrequent occurrences since the past half a century – the age of unprecedented breakthroughs in life

AS THE NATIONS of the world wait to see the end of the global pandemic of unprecedented proportions,  key issues that will shape

SIGNS OF WHAT to expect after the Coronavirus pandemic are already in the horizon. Those who fear the worst may ultimately happen have

DESPERATE SITUATIONS sometimes require desperate solutions. For Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic requires quality thinking and actions