On the morning of 2 September 2026, thousands of Lagosians opened an app that had shaped how they moved through the city for twelve years and found a farewell note instead of a ride. Uber did not fade out of Nigeria; it switched off. The company that introduced the very idea of e-hailing to Lagos… Continue reading The Empty Seat: What Uber’s Exit Means for Competition in Nigeria’s Ride-Hailing Market.
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After the Founder.
Succession, Disclosure and the Open Ended Questions The Question Behind the Question In our last article, “Built to Outlive Us” we addressed why family businesses in Nigeria so often die of governance failure, and why each such death takes a payroll with it. Readers agreed with the premise, but their responses raised harder questions—and those… Continue reading After the Founder.
Built to Outlive Us: Family Legacy, Corporate Governance and the Employment Question in Nigeria.
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.
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.