Nonso ObikiliDo we really import $1.2bn worth of milk every year? Short answer: NoMilk is next on the chopping block. According to the central bank governor: we import $1.2bn worth of milk every year. Milk is something…Jul 24, 2019Jul 24, 2019
Nonso ObikiliCan you have a currency without trust? My week in Harare.I visited Zimbabwe for the first time recently. For an economist, Zimbabwe is an exciting place to visit as it is sort of an economic…Jul 17, 2019Jul 17, 2019
Nonso ObikiliRandom RUGA stats. What is 63.81 percent?There has been a lot of talk about RUGA recently. Apparently there may be a National Livestock Plan driven by the Vice President’s office…Jul 6, 20192Jul 6, 20192
Nonso Obikili“We have reduced inflation…”. Really?First of all, I’m not a hater. But I do get irked by something. One of which is the narrative that keeps getting repeated on inflation by…Jun 25, 20191Jun 25, 20191
Nonso ObikiliAre we really eating more rice?A couple of weeks ago I wrote something on my thoughts about how our local historically yam based food industry was really competing…Jun 20, 2019Jun 20, 2019
Nonso ObikiliHow many people are there in Kano?We haven’t had a census since 2006, and many argue that census was … not great. The last census before that was in 1991 and many argue…Jun 8, 20191Jun 8, 20191
Nonso ObikiliRandom Thoughts on Food ImportsNigeria, and Africa in general, has slowly become a net importer of food. Not that domestic production has not grown but consumption has…Jun 6, 2019Jun 6, 2019
Nonso ObikiliCBN Bills……My column last Monday was on CBN bills. You can read it here. An interesting thing I didn’t mention was how the use of CBN bills has…May 24, 2019May 24, 2019
Nonso ObikiliDamning unemployment mapsMy article in Business Day yesterday was about the recently released state-level unemployment data. The article was driven by the maps…May 14, 20191May 14, 20191
Nonso ObikiliWorking Paper: Decolonizing with data: The cliometric turn in African economic historyNew working paper with my colleague Prof. Johan Fourie.Apr 11, 2019Apr 11, 2019