Oyeleye

ESSENTIAL ISSUES OF biodiversity have been widely publicised in the scientific literature. In Africa, regarded as the last frontier when considering global food security, environment and climate change, the potential in genetic resources remains yet to be unlocked. This potential holds the key to climate change mitigation and food security of not only Africans but […]

RECOVERY IN THE post-COVID 19 years will require more than mere wishes. It will require more actions than words as there are more issues will require attention and urgent interventions. Africa’s path forward will be impacted significantly by Nigeria’s progress. From within and outside Africa, therefore, issues affecting Nigeria cannot afford to be treated with […]

ABOUT THIS TIME A YEAR AGO, Coronavirus infection began to make waves as a new phenomenon. At first, it was assumed to be a localised affliction within China – a major blunder and inexplicable complacency that allowed it to escape into the wider world as a result of failure of the presumed “competent authorities” to […]

ENERGY-RELATED ISSUES WILL BE predominant in discussions about Africa’s social and economic development in years ahead. Alongside this will be an upsurge in concerns about environmental impacts, implications or consequences of paths chosen or options adopted in the quest for energy sufficiency on the continent. While ambitious programmes will not be out of place, lessons […]

ECONOMIES IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES are about to experience some definite changes which could prove positive or negative in the future. But how things turn out will depend so much on how the present is managed by the leaders. There are genuine concerns about what is likely in the position of Africa in the unfolding global […]

AFRICAN LEADERS HAVE LONG visual acuity. Agenda 2063, an ambitious and overly optimistic vision, clearly attests to that. While it entails projecting far into the future, it is fitting and proper to have realistic short-term components that would define timely responses to untimely changes and unexpected events. A pilot on a trans-Atlantic direct flight from […]

TRANSBORDER COMMERCE ACROSS Africa is likely to be an interesting reality under the new Free Trade arrangement. One of the indices expected to improve is the value of intra-African trade, expected to boost trade beyond the 18 per cent that has been reckoned as insignificant since the past couple of years.  This does not, however, […]

MULTILATERAL TRADE PACTS outside the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are growing numerically and are becoming widespread globally. The sizes of economies and number of countries under each accord are also showing signs of increase. In November 15, 2020, just weeks before African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) began trading, a summit of the Regional Comprehensive […]

VOYAGE IN UNCHARTED WATERS comes with peculiar risks, mostly unknown to the seafarers. Although seafaring has been made easier, and the associated risks now far less due to improved exploratory and diagnostic technologies, the role of experience still remains preeminent in navigation. Weather signals equipment, acoustic detection equipment, visual equipment such as telescopes, or even […]

CONVERGENCE OF AFRICAN countries on trade and the success recorded over time will serve as a litmus test for the continent’s resolve to move out of poverty, experience economic growth and gain competitive edge on the world stage as a continent. Hitherto, Africa has been a laggard as continent, judging by the various indices of […]