Project Reports
Employment Creation Potential of Industries Without Smokestacks: a Nigeria case study
Young people under the age of 30 account for nearly 70 percent of the population of Africa,making it the world’s youngest continent (United Nations 2021). While this trend providesexciting opportunities…
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Employment Creation Potential of Industries Without Smokestacks: A Nigeria Case Study
This report examines the potential for industries without smokestacks (IWOSS) in creating large-scale job opportunities in Nigeria, particularly for the young and female population subgroups. With the emergence of technology…
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Cross-Border Data Flows in Africa: Policy Considerations for the Afcfta Protocol on Digital Trade
The original Industrial Revolution was powered by steam; the second by electricity. The rise of digitisation and automation generally defined the Third Industrial Revolution, which was largely powered by oil.…
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Responsible Data Governance In Africa : Institutional gaps and capacity needs
Africa is quickly becoming the new data frontier in the face of continued increase in the deployment of digital technologies. A proportionate data governance ecosystem is, however, still lacking. The…
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Data-Driven Enterprises in Africa: An Evaluation of Winners and Losers
The fact is that indigenous firms are still struggling to manage resources to invest in basic IT infrastructure. Hence data analytics adoption, which requires both human personnel and technical infrastructure,…
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Increasing Access To Quality Education For Rural And Marginalised Children In West Africa — A Comparative Study Of Accelerated Education and Girls Focused Programmes in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
The number of out-of-school children (OOSC) in Nigeria has increased at an alarming rate over the past years, reaching approximately 10.5 million children. According to the global out-of-school statistics compiled…
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Maximizing Public Awareness for Participatory Data Governance in African Countries
A major argument for advocating for a participatory approach in developing Africa’s data policies and systems stems from the underlying drivers and principles guiding data governance. These principles cut across…
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Examınıng the Effectıveness of Health Warnıngs on Cıgarette Packagıng in Nıgerıa: A Modellıng Study
Tobacco consumption is associated with about 29,472 deaths in Nigeria alongside other health and economic impact. Meanwhile, evidence has shown that exposure to health warnings reduces tobacco consumption by providing…
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COVID-19 fiscal policy response and climate change action in Africa
This paper analyses the fiscal policy measures adopted by African countries in response to COVID-19 and how these impact progress on their climate change actions of the countries. Specially, it…
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Health Burden and Economic Costs of Tobacco Smoking in Nigeria
Globally, tobacco consumption continues to cause a huge burden of preventable diseases. Nigeria has been leading tobacco markets in Africa and the absolute number of active smokers remains one of…
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Strengthening Data Governance in Africa
This inception report focuses on the emerging trends in Africa’s digital and data environment. The study builds a case for mobilizing action at both regional and national levels, to strengthen…
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The Fiscal and Health Impact Of Increases In Tobacco Tax In Nigeria
The detrimental health consequences of tobacco use have been recorded over many decades. The Royal College of Physicians’ report in 1962, followed by the US Surgeon-General’s report in 1964, established…
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Illicit Tobacco Trade in Nigeria
In this study, we document successful cases of effective synergies in countries that, like Nigeria, display a significant presence of the tobacco industry and face similar challenges to trade regulation…
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Continental Integration & the Nigerian Economy
The Effect of the African Continental Free Trade Area on Medium Small and Micro-scale Enterprises in Nigeria The roadmap towards a regionally integrated Africa formally commenced with the signing…
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Is Nigeria on track to achieving quality education for all? Drivers and implications
In Nigeria, educational performance is abysmally low in terms of quality and quantity. Poor performance with regards to quantity is illustrated by the fact that there were more than 10.5…
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2019 BENCHMARKING EXERCISE REPORT
The 2019 Benchmarking Exercise Report (BER) is produced by the Nigerian Natural Resource Charter (NNRC) in partnership with a consortium of Think Tanks and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) comprising the…
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