To commemorate International Women's Day 2023, Join our podcast at XXX (WAT) to discuss the prospects of increasing the involvement of women and girls in technology creation, use, and regulation as this is critical to advancing a gender-equitable future. Join the conversation!
Mar 9, 2023
18 min
On 25 February, Nigerians went to the polls to elect a new president and federal legislature. In this episode of the #IfNotNowWhen podcast, Amaka sits down with Samson Itodo, founder and Executive Director of the leading Nigerian election-reforms advocacy group, YIAGA Africa, to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Nigeria’s electoral processes. What went wrong in the 2023 general elections and what can be done to improve the process for future elections? Join the conversation!
Mar 7, 2023
45 min
Since 1999, one or two large political parties have dominated Nigerian elections. In the last few electoral cycles, there have been high-profile attempts to “break” the now entrenched two-party landscape. In this episode of the #IfNotNowWhen podcast, Amaka sits down with one of those “third party” candidates, Kingsley Moghalu, to discuss key takeaways from his experience.
Jan 25, 2023
42 min
No state can provide critical public goods without a competent bureaucracy. Nigeria’s public service has been criticized for being inefficient, costly, and ineffective.In this episode of the #IfNotNowWhen podcast series, Amaka sits down with Dr. Joe Abah, former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Services Reform to unpack what went wrong with Nigeria’s once vaulted public service, and what can be done to fix it.
Dec 16, 2022
36 min
For the first time since the 1999 democratic transition, there are three nationally competitive Nigerian presidential candidates: the ruling party’s Bola Ahmad Tinubu, the main opposition PDP’s Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party’s Peter Obi. Rabu’i Kwankwaso will also have a meaningful impact on electoral outcomes in the northwest region.In this Season 2 debut to the #IfNotNowWhen series, Amaka sits down with Waziri Adio, the founder of Agora Policy and a long-time columnist/political commentator, to unpack the candidates’ backgrounds and paths to victory.
Dec 2, 2022
54 min
Welcome to the Season 2 of the #ifnotnowwhen podcast series hosted by Amaka Anku. In this season, as we approach the Nigerian Elections in 2023, we will focus on the electoral and policy landscape. Join us!
Dec 1, 2022
1 min
The #IfNotNowWhen series invites you to join conversations that approach Nigeria’s most serious challenges with nuance, balance, and data. Join as we explore controversial and timely topics with thoughtfulness and a consideration for different perspectives.Why should Nigerians care about addressing the country’s revenue crisis? How do we stimulate more idea-creation in Nigeria’s public discourse? What exactly is driving herder-farmer clashes in Nigeria and what can be done about it? Is corruption really Nigeria’s biggest problem?Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Watch out for Season 2
Sep 19, 2022
1 min
There are many ongoing projects spread across the country. If these projects must succeed, they require effective project canvas, project administration and strategic implementation driven by competent project managers and project leaders. Unfortunately, the project management competent deficits largely influence project failures.Listen in as Project Management Institute discusses solutions to project deficits in Nigeria
Sep 14, 2022
28 min
Policymakers all over the world have struggled with this age-old question and often come up with different answers at different stages of a country’s economic evolution. How should we think about the Nigerian government’s role in driving economic transformation? What frameworks and principles should guide government action? In this fourth episode of the #IfNotNowWhen podcast series, Amaka sits down with Dr. Yemi Dipeolu—the special advisor to the Nigerian presidency on economic matters—to unpack Nigeria’s successes and failures in its attempt to drive economic transformation.
Aug 30, 2022
47 min
In Nigerian popular discourse, “restructuring” has become a catch-all phrase to describe an ideal governance structure for Nigeria that would allow economic transformation to take off. But what do its advocates really want? Are calls for ‘restructuring’ a distraction from the current governance realities (and challenges) Nigeria faces?In the first of a series of conversations on Nigeria’s governance structures, Amaka unpacks parts of the restructuring debate with Osita Chidoka, a leader of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is episode 3 of the #IfNotNowWhen series.
Aug 17, 2022
44 min
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