April 14, 2026 - The Postcard

By Fred Itua You got the degree. You did your NYSC. You took the courses, built the CV, applied to hundreds of roles. You wrote cover letters at midnight. You refreshed your email every morning. And nothing came. This is not a personal failure story. This is a systems story. And it is playing out...

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Africa Cannot Borrow Its Way to Power

By Taiwo Akerele, PhD and Chaste Inegbedion Across the corridors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings, there is a familiar narrative taking shape, one of cautious optimism about Africa’s economic recovery. Growth is projected to rebound. Inflationary pressures are stabilizing. Policy reforms are gaining recognition. And recent global decisions suggest...

By Fred Itua Nigeria’s non-governmental and development sector receives billions of naira and millions of dollars in donor funding every year. It is one of the most resource-rich spaces in civil society. It is also one of the least interrogated. The same names. Every year. Every grant. If you have worked in Nigeria’s development sector...

You did everything right. And it still didn’t work

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By Fred Itua You got the degree. You did your NYSC. You took the courses, built the CV, applied to…