Tag: opinion
The era of the megalopolis: how the world’s cities are merging
By James Cheshire, Michael Batty, UCL On November 15 2022, a baby girl named Vinice Mabansag, born at Dr Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila,...
The Cost of unsafe Technology and What We can Do about it
By: Jen Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Last month, I was honored to speak at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh to meet with...
Viewpoint: Innovation begets innovation
By MA Johnson Sometime in 1968, a research project funded by the US Department of Defence (USDOD) was launched. The focus of the project wasn’t...
Wanted: An African As World Bank Chief
by Wole Olaoye While all our attention is focussed on the forthcoming Nigerian presidential elections, events of global proportions are shaping up elsewhere in the...
Ilemi Triangle spat: how resources fuel East Africa’s border conflicts
By Al Chukwuma Okoli, Federal University Lafia For decades, African states have grappled with numerous interstate border disputes, especially in resource-rich regions. In east Africa,...
Are Nigerians underpaying for quality tertiary education?
By Charles Ogwo Nigerian tertiary education has remained under the grip of a financial crisis despite the efforts of the Federal Government to increase education...