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.


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

WHILE THE ENTIRE world is engrossed in the concerns about the consequences of COVID-19 pandemic and many investments are irredeemably

SINCE THE CORONAVIRUS outbreak in Wuhan in China became a matter of public knowledge as it spreads through the continents, a

BY THE TIME THE roaring hurricane of the ravaging Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic must have spent its fury and the lull of calm sets

CONFIGURATIONS OF national and Africa’s continental security architecture are about to undergo unprecedented changes arising from the

TRUTHS KNOWN ABOUT security lapses in Africa may continue to be frankly discussed at the office corridors, on dinner tables, in beer

FOUR WEEKS AGO, Germany played host to world leaders at the 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in which presidents, prime

JUST THIS WEEKEND, news had it that the total number of cases of infections of Coronavirus (code-named COVID-19) infections worldwide

Two months since the beginning of last December, a number of truths have been unshackled from the forces of gravity and have come from

ADVOCACY and sensitisation are good, but they are not sufficient in cases of unpredictable outbreaks of infections with no known or