A Country of the Young, an Economy of the Short-Lived Nigeria is a young country in the most literal sense. With a median age of about eighteen and millions of new entrants pouring into the labour market every year, no government payroll, however ambitious, can absorb the demographic wave now cresting over us.[1] The jobs… Continue reading Built to Outlive Us: Family Legacy, Corporate Governance and the Employment Question in Nigeria.
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Is the AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol Outpacing the WTO?
Africa's binding digital trade architecture, the multilateral impasse, and the capacity question that will decide who writes the rules. In February 2024, the African Union adopted the Protocol to the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area on Digital Trade. The negotiations that produced it began in December 2022. In just over fourteen months,… Continue reading Is the AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol Outpacing the WTO?
COMPLIANCE CALENDAR: Your Year-Round Legal Checklist.
COMPLIANCE CALENDAR: YOUR YEAR-ROUND LEGAL CHECKLIST A Regulatory Filing Guide for Start-ups, Established Companies and Non-Profits 1. Why This Calendar Exists Compliance in Nigeria is not a single event but a rhythm. Obligations fall due monthly, quarterly and annually across at least a dozen regulators, and the cost of missing a date is rarely limited… Continue reading COMPLIANCE CALENDAR: Your Year-Round Legal Checklist.
Beyond Registration: Building an IP Portfolio Strategy that Grows the Business
A practical guide for startups and SMEs in Nigeria and West Africa Introduction For most startups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), intellectual property (IP) is treated as a compliance box: register the trademark, file the paperwork, move on. That mindset leaves money on the table. Handled deliberately, an IP portfolio is a commercial engine.… Continue reading Beyond Registration: Building an IP Portfolio Strategy that Grows the Business
The Year the Rules Got Real: Global Digital Rule-Making in 2026.
From Yaoundé to Brussels, Seoul to Hanoi: how digital governance moved from debate to execution, and what it means for Africa's place at the table For most of the past decade, digital governance was a conversation. Governments issued white papers, convened expert groups, published ethical principles and debated, at conferences and in committee rooms, how… Continue reading The Year the Rules Got Real: Global Digital Rule-Making in 2026.