politics

Speakers: Arnold Ekpe, Patrick Smith (Editor - Africa Report), Veronique Tadjo

Nick Branson and Jamie Hitchen consider claims about the efficacy of cash transfers in Africa and raise questions about whether the process is too often driven by donors rather than African governments.

Can cash transfer programmes be as successful in Africa as they were in Latin America for tackling poverty and reducing inequality? Nick Branson and Jamie Hitchen identify some potential benefits and shortcomings.

Under the astute presidency of Donald Kaberuka, the AfDB has demonstrated resilience and leadership. This Briefing Note examines the Bank’s achievements and considers the challenges confronting Kaberuka’s successor.

Ruben Andersson’s debut book challenges conventional thinking about the “illegal (migration) industry” and in doing so delivers a timely politically powerful argument, says Jamie Hitchen.

Many Nigerians who voted on 28 March in the presidential election did so hoping for change. But what did change look like for citizens of Edo state? Father Anselm Adodo set off to find out.

On a visit to Lagos prior to Nigeria’s election, Paul Adams uses the slogan of President Goodluck Jonathan – “Nigeria is working” – to ask “for whom?”

In response to Nigeria's election postponement, Ludovica Iaccino of the International Business Times conducted this video interview with ARI consultant Paul Adams in which he gave his analysis of the current political situation.

Paul Adams tries to make sense of Lagos, its “free-spirited political elite” and the model of development which has seen it labelled a Nigerian exception.

Kayode Samuel argues that Nigeria’s elections are about two quarrelsome camps, with little ideological divergence, each seeking a popular mandate to determine the nation’s future.