Energy & Infrastructure

A meeting with a woman from Nigeria’s Niger Delta becomes the starting point for a deeper examination of gas flaring, environmental harm, and the communities forced to live beneath flames that never go out. This essay explores the human cost of energy production and the gap between legal frameworks and lived realities.

Regulatory approval in Nigeria’s upstream oil and gas sector is no longer a procedural formality. This paper examines how post-2024 petroleum regulations have transformed regulatory consent into a major source of transaction risk, reshaping deal structuring, valuation, due diligence, and execution in upstream M&A.

What if Nigeria’s electricity problem is not a generation problem but an architecture problem? This piece explores the case for state and regional power grids, examining how decentralization under the Electricity Act 2023 could reshape accountability, competition, investment, and energy access across the country.

Why does Africa export cocoa and import chocolate, export crude oil and import refined fuel? This article examines the structural costs of commodity dependence and argues that long-term economic growth will depend on building industries that process, refine, and retain value within the continent.

From danfos in Lagos to matatus in Nairobi, public transport shapes daily life across African cities. This essay examines how unreliable transit systems deepen inequality, weaken productivity, and frustrate urban growth, while arguing that sustainable mass transit is essential to Africa’s future.