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Economic alarmism and the manufactured outrage against Bayo Onanuga, By 'Tope Fasua

Nigeria, June 28 -- There is a narrative war constantly going on in Nigeria. A bitter political opposition, led by extremely desperate folks are funding those narratives some of which have damaged the... Read More


The FDI kerfuffle: Reorienting the way youths think about the economy, By 'Tope Fasua

Nigeria, June 15 -- It's almost uncanny that when I get thinking about an issue around the economy lately, events conspire to push such matters to the front burner of public discourse. This time, it i... Read More


The peculiar behaviour of inflation in Nigeria, By 'Tope Fasua

Nigeria, May 18 -- Inflation - the rate of increase in the prices of goods and services over a given period of time - was famously described by President Ronald Reagan as 'the greatest enemy of all th... Read More


Re: Emir Sanusi: Africa, Nigeria is not over borrowed but under-financed, By 'Tope Fasua

Nigeria, April 30 -- I already started writing an article in which I sought to communicate the very fact that the world is not (yet) invested in Africa or Nigeria, when the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammed... Read More


Encouragement for a struggling Nigerian youth, By 'Tope Fasua

Nigeria, April 26 -- I recently took a trip to the new Orca Mall in Eko Atlantic on an idle Sunday and typed most of this article on my phone. I started my career in banking just down the road, in a b... Read More


Public debt sustainability and fiscal responsibility in Nigeria, By 'Tope Fasua

Nigeria, April 14 -- I was recently invited to give a lecture with the above title by Professor Jide Oladipo, the erudite Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Nile University, Abuja to mark their... Read More


For Africa, industrialisation 2.0 beckons? Or is it a mirage?, By 'Tope Fasua

Nigeria, March 31 -- Fortuitously, the very day I was contacted to write a second foreword for Professor Edward O. Ogunleye's book, on the 17th of March, I received a report from the Wall Street Journ... Read More