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The Impact of COVID-19 on Small-Scale Farmers in Nigeria

Mary Afan, president of the Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON), talked to hbs about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on small-scale farmers, government’s response and what could be done to help them weather the crisis.

Watch: Analysis of the Proposed Control of Infectious Diseases Bill

While the fundamental intention of the bill, which is to curtail the spread of infectious diseases, is laudable, our project partner, Global Rights raises a number of concerns about possible abuses of power.

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Digital Rights and Privacy in Nigeria

Report

This report by the Paradigm Initiative explores the state of digital rights and data privacy in Nigeria. It outlines how personal data is collected and retained, and how privacy can be breached by both private and state actors.

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Perspectives #02/2019: Ecological and Social Transformation in Africa: Rethinking food systems for a +2°C world

This special edition of Perspectives was compiled with the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s North Africa offices and the Transform Africa project. It is dedicated to the emerging conversation of alternative approaches that challenge the historical bias towards the industrialisation of agriculture and the food system as the main strategy to address food insecurity while preparing for a +2°C world.

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Plastic Atlas (Nigeria Edition)

In addition to the hard facts, data and figures telling the story of plastic from a global perspective, the Nigeria edition of the Plastic Atlas provides insights into the particular challenges facing Africa’s most populous country.

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Building Alliances and Changing Policies: Women Farmers in Nigeria Respond to the Climate Crisis

Interview

Osara is a rural community in Kogi State where farming is central to livelihood. Perspectives spoke to Azubuike Nwokoye, the agricultural programme coordinator for ActionAid Nigeria, about the challenges faced by female farmers in Osara, how the climate crisis will affect them, and what ActionAid has been doing to support them.

Power distributor engineers are working on the damaged pole in Lagos Nigeria, 23rd June 2019. Nigeria

Can Nigeria Meet its Electricity Goals by 2030? We found out.

Study Summary

Nigeria has been unable to provide its growing population with reliable power supply. Despite the billions of dollars spent in the energy sector, about 80% of the population still does not have access to on-grid electricity. Meanwhile, 4 out of 5 people that do have a grid connection have to rely on expensive, dirty petrol and diesel back-up generators to complement the electricity coming from the weak and unreliable power grid.

By Chibueze Ebii

Solar Import Duty and Tariffs. To Exempt or Not?

As the renewable energy sector in Nigeria booms, more solar panels and components continue to find their way into the Nigeria market to meet up with the ever-surging demand for solar solutions. In this article, the author analyses how the Nigerian import tariff policy on solar products could impact on this booming market.

By Chibuikem Agbaegbu

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Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned: Lagos Government’s Response to COVID-19

After registering Nigeria's index case of COVID-19 at the end of February 2020, the commercial city of Lagos soon emerged as the country's coronavirus hotspot and went into a five week long lockdown at the end of March 2020. This photo story takes a look at government's response to the crisis from the perspective of low-income communities.

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MEGACITY LAGOS

Perspectives Africa

Perspectives is a publication series of the Africa offices of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung. The series provides a platform for experts from Africa to express their views about issues pertinent to the democratic and sustainable development agenda in the region.

The latest edition of Perspectives tackles questions of state capture, and how the concept can contribute to understanding and strengthening democracies across Africa. Our contributors also open the possibilities that emerge when “state capture” is released from particular institutional settings and national boundaries.

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