From Nigeria to the world: Afrobeats is having a global moment

Posted on Thu 21 April 2022 in Nigeria • Tagged with Afrobeats, Entertainment, Music, Fela, Grammys, Femi Kuti, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido, Yemi Alade, Tems, CKay, Pheelz, Buju, TikTok, Instagram

Tems performs in London in 2021. Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage

Garhe Osiebe, Rhodes University

Another Grammy Awards season and there is a growing list of African nominees. For African music enthusiasts, it is heartwarming that recognition is being accorded to practitioners in the Afrobeats space.

Afrobeat and Afrobeats, although …


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Industrial policy paved the way for Dangote’s empire. Why it didn’t deliver for all Nigerians

Posted on Tue 02 November 2021 in Nigeria • Tagged with Nigeria, Dangote, Nigerian Stock Exchange, Nigerian Economy, Dangote Cement, NASCON, DSR

Aliko Dangote leaves the French Elysee presidential palace after a meeting with the president in 2016. Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images

Richard Itaman, University of Cambridge and Christina Wolf, Kingston University

Dangote Industries Limited dominates the Nigerian cement market and is a key player in the rapidly expanding …


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