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Nigeria Leads Africa With $2.6 Trillion Real Estate Market as Continent Outpaces Global Growth

By The Insight Team August 21, 2026 228 0

Nigeria’s 28 Million-Unit Housing Deficit Emerges as a Major Driver of Property Investment, While Africa’s $17.6 Trillion Market Grows Nearly Twice as Fast as the Global Average Key Points: Nigeria leads Africa with $2.6 trillion real estate market, ahead of Egypt and South Africa. Africa’s property market growing at 5.58%, nearly double global 2.69% Continue Reading

Economy Opinions

The Ownership Deficit: Africa’s Real Talent Problem Is Not Talent

By The Insight Team July 20, 2026 223 0

By Great Ukazim, Founder, Beingsphere We were moving offices a few years ago, and in the middle of the chaos, a colleague pointed at a good, sturdy table and said we should leave it behind. Buying a new one would be cheaper than moving this one, he said. But something made me ask him: if […]Continue Reading

Economy Opinions

Beyond Training: Building Systems That Let Africa’s Public Servants Deliver

By The Insight Team June 22, 2026 196

By Chioma Njoku, Director of Programmes, Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation   Africa does not have a talent problem. Walk into any ministry, any government agency, any public institution in Nigeria, and I dare say, across the continent, and you will find people who are capable, committed and aware of what needs to change. What you will also […]Continue Reading

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2026 World Cup: Zero Wins For Africa So Far As Algeria Faces Argentina Wednesday

By The Insight Team June 16, 2026 212

By Emmanuel Kwada The 2026 FIFA World Cup, the first edition hosted across three nations — the United States, Canada, and Mexico — has burst into life with high drama, record-breaking performances, and early disappointment for African representatives. As the tournament’s opening phase unfolds, African teams are still searching for their first victory, Continue Reading

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Africa: Search for Inter-Faith Partnerships For Peace

By The Insight Team May 12, 2026 239

By Francis Femi For a continent that is torn by forces of religious extremism, accompanied by destruction of lives and property in some countries, especially Nigeria, the commendation by Pope Leo XIV to the delegates of the Programme for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa (PROCMURA) during a recent visit to the Vatican to promote a harmonious […]Continue Reading

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The Cost of Reform

By The Insight Team March 30, 2026 336

By Ofovwe Aig-Imoukhuede, Executive Vice-Chair, Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation Last week in Abuja, we celebrated the graduation of Cohort 5 of the AIG Public Leaders Programme. Sixty-eight senior public servants from seven African countries completed the programme and joined a growing community of reform-minded leaders working across the continent. Moments like these deserve Continue Reading

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The Public Service Succession Plan: How Ready is Africa?

By The Insight Team November 24, 2025 485

By Muki Osaka, Director of Enterprise Management, Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation   Introduction: A New Generation Knocks Just as many businesses are now grasping how best to manage the Gen Z work ethic, another reminder jolts us – by 2030, barely five years from now, Gen Alpha – the generation born into Artificial Intelligence (AI), content creation, Continue Reading

Health

WHO: Nine in Ten People Breathe Dangerous Polluted Air

By The Insight Team March 23, 2025 726 0

Emmanuel Kwada The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has revealed that nine out of ten people worldwide are breathing polluted air, highlighting a severe global public health crisis. “Air pollution is a silent killer,” Tedros warned speaking from WHO headquarters in Geneva. “It affects every corner of Continue Reading

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Population Growth in 2024: Africa Leads with 35m Surge as Nigeria Adds 4.8m New Residents

By The Insight Team March 4, 2025 1508 0

By Emmanuel Kwada In a year marked by divergent demographic trends across the globe, Africa has emerged as the epicenter of population growth in 2024, adding a staggering 35 million people to its population, according to data from Worldometer. This remarkable surge, the largest among all continents, underscores Africa’s position as a demographic powerhouse, with Continue Reading

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Nigeria selected to host Sahel Climate Fund Secretariat

By The Insight Team February 20, 2023 809 0

Nigeria has been chosen by the Heads of State and Government of the Sahel Region Climate Commission (SRCC) to host the Secretariat of the Sahel Climate Fund. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He added that communiqué was issued at the end of the second conference […]Continue Reading

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MRA Condemns Arrest and Detention of Broadcast Journalist by Police in Ilorin

By The Insight Team October 16, 2022 748 0

By Daniel Adaji Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the arrest and detention of Ilorin-based broadcast journalist, Mr. Dare Akogun, by the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Police Force in an effort to coerce him to retract an allegation of corruption he reportedly made against an official of the State Government. Mr. Akogun was […]Continue Reading

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How Africa’s free trade area can succeed – President Buhari

By The Insight Team September 30, 2022 707 0

By Daniel Adaji President Muhammadu Buhari says the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will succeed if African governments demonstrate a higher level of commitment to tackle the slow pace of physical integration, political cooperation and tariff barriers that inhibit business integration.   Addressing the second African Sub-Sovereign Governments Network Continue Reading