Every organisation begins with a reason, though not every founder stops long enough to ask what that reason really is. Jude Ilo sets out to help those of us in Africa’s civil society space build our organisations on something stronger than good intentions. What struck me most as I read his latest effort, Building on

In the recent words of Oge Onubogu, a  Senior Fellow and Director Africa program “Approaching dialogue from a place of honesty can go a long way in resolving so many issues”

The challenge, then, is not simply to identify intervention when it occurs. It is to understand how it is framed, justified, and normalized within global politics.

The challenge, then, is not simply to identify intervention when it occurs. It is to understand how it is framed, justified, and normalized within global politics.

The irony is that Nigeria is one of the most tourism-ready countries in Africa,  culturally, geographically, historically, but not structurally. Take the north alone. If someone wanted to see landscapes that make you rethink the definition of beauty, they could start in the Mambilla Plateau in Taraba.

The irony is that Nigeria is one of the most tourism-ready countries in Africa,  culturally, geographically, historically, but not structurally. Take the north alone. If someone wanted to see landscapes that make you rethink the definition of beauty, they could start in the Mambilla Plateau in Taraba.

We are drowning in commentary, but commentary does not steer the vessel. Democracy is sustained not by outrage, but by institutions strong enough to outlive personalities and rules applied consistently beyond political convenience.

We are drowning in commentary, but commentary does not steer the vessel. Democracy is sustained not by outrage, but by institutions strong enough to outlive personalities and rules applied consistently beyond political convenience.

Your invisibility isn’t protecting your humility. It’s protecting your irrelevance.

Your invisibility isn’t protecting your humility. It’s protecting your irrelevance.