Development Analyst
Gbemisola is a Senior development analyst at Stears.
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02 JUN 2023A deep dive into why President Tinubu should not pass the Ways & Means limit bill.
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26 MAY 2023Given Nigeria's double whammy of high inflation and unemployment, which should the next president prioritise?
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16 MAY 2023A data story on Chinese loans to Africa.
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08 MAY 2023Nigeria's borrowing over the last decade has grown. We assess where loans have been spent.
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25 APR 2023We assess Nigeria's efforts to reduce food insecurity.
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03 APR 2023How Nigeria can earn a piece of China’s declining manufacturing pie.
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14 MAR 2023The full job description for Nigeria's next finance minister.
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16 FEB 2023Over 50% of Nigerians feel the country is moving in the wrong direction. We unpack if this will impact their voting decisions.
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03 FEB 2023The National Assembly is complicit in Nigeria's fiscal crisis.
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23 JAN 2023For a change, Nigeria reports lower inflation than expected, but will it stay that way?
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13 JAN 2023A data story on how Nigeria fares in contrast with its African peers.
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06 JAN 2023An outlook on Nigeria's inflation for the year
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19 DEC 2022Assessing Nigeria's path to growth with minimal debt.
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05 DEC 2022What will Tinubu’s growth plan mean for the Nigerian economy?
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30 NOV 2022Stears inflation calculator
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22 NOV 2022We unpack the NBS' latest data release that measures multidimensional poverty in Nigeria
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15 NOV 2022As many African countries increasingly fall into debt distress, China will have to reassess its approach to lending
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02 NOV 2022We examine whether the high debt distress in Africa is self-inflicted or an act of God.
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24 OCT 2022The floods in Nigeria have taken over 600 lives as of October 2022. To what extent has it affected communities?
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17 OCT 2022How Nigeria's finance minister's poor communication on debt management could lead to a self-fulfilling crisis.
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11 OCT 2022Assessing the federal government's infrastructure spending.
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05 OCT 2022The Nigerian government must create an enabling environment for the economy to thrive and for markets to select the best sector to allocate resources.
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23 SEP 2022India's technology ecosystem, conglomerates and government investment have driven its achievement in becoming the fifth largest economy in the world.
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12 SEP 2022From credibility to predictability, we look into factors that make it easier to control inflation rates.
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05 SEP 2022Investors lending Nigeria money to fund its expenses and pay back existing loans seem unfazed by the country’s fiscal standing.
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30 AUG 2022Terms, conditions and fee standards for loans from the China Development Bank are often confidential unless mandated by law.
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23 AUG 2022Increasing tax rates is not sufficient enough to improve tax revenue.
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15 AUG 2022Nigeria still collects less than 1% of its GDP in personal income taxes, while countries like South Africa and Rwanda earn 9% and 5%, respectively.
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05 AUG 2022It’s time to consider options for Nigeria if it cannot repay its loans.
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29 JUL 2022Going by the current estimates, Nigeria’s liquidity is drying up fast.
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22 JUL 2022The federal government now spends more than it earns on debt servicing. Total debt service is over 120% from January to April 2022.
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15 JUL 2022African countries, from Ghana to Nigeria, have become highly susceptible to debt defaults due to rising debt levels and lower revenues.
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05 JUL 2022Nigeria’s trade performance has weakened over the years. This needs to be fixed.
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30 JUN 2022ASUU strikes; idle minds breed new playground for tech
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17 JUN 2022We look at global reactions to the rising food crisis and suggest ways to build more resilient economies.
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09 JUN 2022When it comes to regulating the crypto-sphere, one obvious target is the exchanges where regulators swap crypto for original money and vice versa.
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03 JUN 2022The future of the legal framework that governs the crypto-sphere depends on the definitions we use
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27 MAY 2022The US Fed's recent rate hike has set of a chain of events across the world
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20 MAY 2022We assess the role of the digital economy in African countries' path to development
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13 MAY 2022If the central bank governor's track record is anything to go by, he shouldn't run for President
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13 APR 2022We look at the trade-offs that exist between consumer protection and providing an enabling environment for the private sector to thrive
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07 APR 2022We explore potential solutions to reduce in-work poverty in Nigeria
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30 MAR 2022We explore why certain kinds of employment leave people worse off financially
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24 MAR 2022We need to find the best investment types given the unique social and financial returns to basic education.
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17 MAR 2022Most countries keep a lot of their foreign reserves in dollars. That is unlikely to change anytime soon.
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09 MAR 2022A look into the funding challenge of basic education in Nigeria.
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03 MAR 2022The Nigerian government has broken the social contract that makes Nigerians willing to pay taxes. This story looks into how that contract is broken.
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23 FEB 2022A look into the possibility of taxing Nigeria's remote workers.
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11 FEB 2022An assessment of the CBN's newly introduced e-invoice policy, and its implication on trade and development.
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04 FEB 2022Analysing the realities of Nigeria's fast food industry.
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06 JAN 2022How Nigeria’s upcoming election will affect 2022’s economy
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21 DEC 2021Nigeria’s digital infrastructure and the role infrastructure companies like MainOne plays.
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29 NOV 2021Nigeria's oil revenue decline and a precarious fiscal position.
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23 NOV 2021Bridging Nigeria’s medical brain drain gap with telemedicine.
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15 NOV 2021The potential of vertical farming in closing Lagos’ food supply gaps.
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08 NOV 2021Solving Nigeria's medical misdiagnosis problem.
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26 OCT 2021Tomato Jos' hybrid solution is boosting agriculture productivity.
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13 OCT 2021How ReelFruit is expanding its agriculture and fruit processing business.
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06 OCT 2021How Nigeria’s informal sector can be more efficient.
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27 SEP 2021What a successful unbundling of Nigeria’s rail corporation should look like.
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22 SEP 2021Dissecting Nigeria’s health infrastructure funding problem
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13 SEP 2021A look into the starvation effects of northeast's lingering war.
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07 SEP 2021Life expectancy and factors that determine your lifespan.
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30 AUG 2021A guide to developing railway lines that invigorate communities
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22 AUG 2021Understanding the logic behind farmers' pricing strategies
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10 AUG 2021A probe of Nigeria's current educational system.
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29 JUL 2021How Nigeria's dependence on aid is crippling its health sector.
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15 JUL 2021Finding Nigeria’s next oil.
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08 JUL 2021What is a poverty trap and how do we solve it?
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01 JUL 2021Dissecting Nigeria’s oil palm industry.
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24 JUN 2021Unpacking investor perception in Nigeria.
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15 JUN 2021The logic behind reducing Nigeria’s multiple exchange rates.
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10 JUN 2021A look into car insurance policies and why many Nigerians don't use them.
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26 MAY 2021A look into Nigeria's failing economy and rising population
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23 MAY 2021A look into medical errors in Nigeria
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17 MAY 2021Understanding savings and its path to economic growth
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06 MAY 2021A breakdown of the effects of Covid-19 in India
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04 MAY 2021How Gricd pivoted from food to drug storage solution for Nigerians.
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26 APR 2021Understanding "Terms of Trade"
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19 APR 2021Understanding the problem of food storage in Nigeria.
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12 APR 2021The problems and prospects of industrialising Africa.
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06 APR 2021What can Nigeria learn from its past YouWin programme and China’s success with poverty reduction?
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31 MAR 2021How the CBN controls money supply
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25 MAR 2021Dear Nigeria: Poverty eradicating lessons from China.
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16 MAR 2021Unpacking the value of nursing in Nigeria.
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08 MAR 2021Achieving gender inclusiveness in Nigeria
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02 MAR 2021Assessing the financial viability of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project.
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24 FEB 2021The challenge of running an online university business.
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02 FEB 2021Understanding the CBN's directive on trade finance.
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01 FEB 2021An alternative model for post-secondary education.
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26 JAN 2021A comparative analysis of the centralised and decentralised financial system and what it means for the Central Bank of Nigeria.
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18 JAN 2021Strikes in Nigerian universities are designed to be forever and ever.
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13 JAN 2021What Nigeria can learn from Ghanaian yam exports.
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06 JAN 2021We take a look at what Nigeria's health, economy, and education sectors have in store for 2021.
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23 DEC 2020A comprehensive analysis on Nigeria's financial status.
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15 DEC 2020What it takes for food supply chains to meet December demand.
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08 DEC 2020The benefits of universities to their cities.
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30 NOV 2020Unveiling events that led to the creation of the #EndSARS helpline.
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24 NOV 2020Understanding the relationship between inflation and economic growth from the emerging economies’ perspective.
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18 NOV 2020The journey to immunise Nigerians against Covid-19
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11 NOV 2020How the government can improve its agriculture policies
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09 NOV 2020How the pandemic turned agricultural investment opportunities sour.
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02 NOV 2020Tracking Covid-19 mortality in Nigeria
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19 OCT 2020Unlocking Nigeria's traditional and herbal medicine opportunity.
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05 OCT 2020A deep dive into Doctoora—a health business, unbundling affordable healthcare for Nigerians.
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28 SEP 2020Nigeria's higher education funding model is broken; we explore innovative alternatives in the country.
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08 SEP 2020A look into skills mismatch–a challenge fuelling Nigeria's unemployment crisis
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31 AUG 2020Fixing Nigeria’s Apapa problem
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26 AUG 2020Lessons for Nigeria and the bitter pill that transformed Egypt’s economy.
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17 AUG 2020How microinsurance can solve Nigeria's low access to health care.
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10 AUG 2020The future of gold in Nigeria: Segilola Gold project leads the way
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03 AUG 2020Communication: a less pronounced monetary policy tool used to impact the economy
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22 JUL 2020A deep dive into Nigeria's largest agricultural export, Sesame seeds
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16 JUL 2020The government's failure at taxing Nigerians
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07 JUL 2020How Lifebank is solving the problem of transporting blood in Lagos
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02 JUL 2020What does the African continental free trade agreement mean for Nigeria's services sector?
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25 JUN 2020The role of budget planning in implementing development projects in Nigeria
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15 JUN 2020How women are side-lined in critical roles across the agricultural value chain.
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08 JUN 2020Understanding what it takes to provide farmers with protection they can both understand and afford.
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03 JUN 2020Why the minimum wage isn't enough for Nigerians
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27 MAY 2020We look into the rationale behind some of the decisions made by the last three CBN governors.
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18 MAY 2020Improving quality of tertiary education in Nigeria starts with improving the quality of teachers.
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13 MAY 2020We discuss the importance of primary healthcare and assess better ways to fund it
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07 MAY 2020Education technology could be a solution to our low capacity problem in Nigerian universities.
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30 APR 2020Technology can help Nigerian farmers improve productivity.
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29 APR 2020We assess if protectionist measures can help boost local production and reduce food insecurity in Nigeria
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22 APR 2020The response of an economy in a pandemic can be explained by consumer behaviour and transmission rates.