The proposed refinery in Lamu is the company’s first effort to export the industrial model behind its Lagos refinery, potentially providing a blueprint for replicating large-scale African industrial projects across multiple countries. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Dangote Industries is attempting to replicate the industrial model behind its …
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SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Nigeria’s discovery of a major new critical minerals province reflects a broader shift as Africa’s leading oil producers invest in mining to diversify their resource economies. The strategy aims to reduce dependence on a single commodity by expanding exploration, attracting mining investment and building …
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Nigeria’s decision to bid for a Formula 1 Grand Prix shows that Africa’s campaign to return the championship has evolved into a continent-wide competition rather than a select countries’ ambition SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Nigeria has officially entered Africa’s race to host a Formula 1 Grand …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Africa’s music industry becomes increasingly interconnected, Ugandan artists are steadily turning to regional platforms to build collaborations, strengthen their understanding of the business side of music, and expand into wider African markets. Among those navigating this shift is recording artist Mungu Feni, who …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nigerian music producer and digital creator Ogunremi David Tope, popularly known as ePianoh, is looking beyond personal success and setting his sights on meaningful collaborations with artists, producers and music industry stakeholders in Uganda and across Africa. At a time when African music is …
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Aliko Dangote’s industrial push is a leading example of how African capital can finance and build large-scale industrial systems. From Nigeria’s shift to net fuel exports in 2026 to plans for petrochemical expansion and a pan-African listing, his refinery is reshaping ownership, financing, and value capture. NEWS …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Nigerian oil and gas management expert, Abdulmalik Halilu, has urged Uganda to focus more on the post-first oil period, saying that that is where the main challenge could be. Halilu, the General Manager, Research, Statistics and Development of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, …
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COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | The Ugandan scholar Melina Platas – (Sorry America: in exchange for Zohran, we are owning Melina) – has published an insightful book demanding all our attention. In Culture and Mass Schooling: The Colonial Roots of Educational Inequality in Africa, Melina argues that community …
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Researcher says early results are promising, but human trials far off NEWS ANALYSIS | TITILOPE FADARE | When Mutiat Ibrahim, a pharmacognosy researcher at the University of Lagos, began surveying traditional medicine practitioners across Nigeria, she was cataloguing something many in formal medicine had long dismissed—the use of herbal rings and waist beads …
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Nigeria’s growing natural hair industry includes enterprising professionals like Happiness Okorie, who recently styled Chimamanda Adichie’s hair. For years, Okorie had suffered from burns on her scalp due to using harsh relaxers. Then one day, she said ‘no more!’. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Happiness Okorie’s dream came true …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
