The Long-Neglected Mining Sector in Nigeria
Can Nigeria Develop Its Solid Minerals Despite Its Oil Obsession? A major untapped resource I was chatting with a new friend who told me that as a mining specialist, he had spent some time investigating mining opportunities in Nigeria. We had just driven up and down the hair-raising Sani Pass from South Africa to Lesotho […]
Nigeria: A Massive Electricity Supply Problem, Brave Decisions & Small but Innovative Successes
A more than daunting power supply problem… Let’s start with the facts. There are various estimates of Nigeria’s true population count, but it must be around 220 million – the largest market by population by far in sub-Saharan Africa. An installed electricity supply capacity of some 12 500 megawatts but production that varies between 4 000 MW […]
