OPINION by N.J. Ayuk Many today believe the era of colonialism in Africa is over. They’re wrong. The era of colonialism in Africa has merely entered a new and insidious phase. Some call it “neo-colonialism.” I call it colonialism 2.0. In colonialism 1.0, Western and other nations conquered large parts of Africa, and in colonialism 2.0, they use their money to impose their unrealistic ideologies on an unwilling but still desperate continent. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the mania surrounding ESG, a set of environmental, social, and governance criteria for financial investments…
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Nigeria and African Energy Poverty and Gas-To-Power Projects: Build More and Build Better (By NJ Ayuk)
Developing this infrastructure requires the right kind of vision, which Nigeria already has in place As the executive chairman of the African Energy Chamber (AEC), it’s my honor and my privilege to tell the world the story of Africa’s oil and gas industry – to explain what this continent can do to help power the world and fuel its own future. But it’s also my mission to talk about African energy poverty and to explain why this continent needs better access to energy now in order to illuminate its own…