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Redefining our priorities: Food, not tobacco
Nigeria has a population of over 200 million people and is one of the largest producers of tobacco in Africa. However, Nigeria faces significant challenges in achieving food security. With…
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AI Readiness in Africa
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming businesses and economic activities worldwide through its capacity to mimic or replicate human-like intelligence. With the growing potential of AI, many countries are adopting various…
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World Water Day 2023: Accelerating Efforts towards Achieving SDG 6 in Nigeria
Access to clean water and sanitation is a basic human right. Nonetheless, it remains a challenge for millions worldwide, with approximately 2 billion people still lacking access to safely managed…
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Naira Redesign Policy and the State of Digitalization in Nigeria
Modern development has placed digital technologies at the forefront, giving economies a chance to hasten economic expansion and ease the connection of people to services and employment. The contribution of…
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Sexual Abuse of Women and Girls in Nigeria: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic
The battle to eradicate the sexual abuse of women and girls has always been heavily reliant on non-governmental organisations (NGOs). However, the evidence indicates that progress has been slow in…
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Building a more Inclusive Digital Future for Women in the Global South
The advent of digital innovation has revolutionised our world, bringing immense benefits to individuals, societies, and economies. It has boosted efficiency and productivity and fostered opportunities for creativity and expansion.…
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Changing Perspectives: SSB Tax is key to Addressing Obesity in Nigeria
Obesity is on the rise globally, with 1 billion people predicted will be living with the disease by 2030. Obesity is no longer just a disease of rich countries. The…
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Unlocking Africa’s Digital Potential: The Role of EU-Africa Collaboration
Introduction The digital economy is on the exponential rise due to its capability to transform and revolutionise economies and societies, influencing how we work, live, and interact. Otherwise known as…
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Highlighting CSEA’s research in the education sector
Today, the 24th of January, the world celebrates the International Day of Education to recognize the role education plays in fostering peace and development. This year’s theme is “to invest…
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Measuring Learning Is Key to Reaching Education Goals: The Case of Nigeria
Learning assessments have played a key role in highlighting the extent of the learning crisis in Nigeria. The next step to addressing learning is improving assessments to close data gaps…
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Why Nigeria should Strengthen Mobile Money: Some Stylized Facts
Nigeria continues to miss its financial inclusion targets. Many constraints around the formal banking system have meant that a greater percentage of the Nigerian population remains excluded from the formal…
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Learning trajectories: A practical tool for tracking learning and taking action
Learning trajectories are graphs that show how many children achieve a certain level of minimum proficiency at each grade. While learning trajectories have previously been used for research, two new efforts…
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Proposed 2023 budget: Low Commitment to Capital Spending
The proposed 2023 budget Bill was presented on October 07, 2022. While presenting the budget, President Muhammadu Buhari highlighted the revenue challenge, which may have influenced the size of the…
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Five ways to build resilience in Nigeria’s education system
COVID-19 has compounded a long-standing learning crisis in many African countries, where millions of children were already out of school before the pandemic. Nigeria has the highest rate of out-of-school…
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How growing up during a Drought can affect Labour Opportunities later in Life
Amina and Yakubu grew up in the northern part of Nigeria in the 1970s. In early childhood, they experienced one of the worst droughts. They lost the quality of their…
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The role of Industries Without Smokestacks (IWOSS) in addressing Nigeria’s unemployment crisis
In 2020, Nigeria’s population was estimated to be above 200 million and about 61 percent (122 million) of the population were within the working age. Out of the 122 million…
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