“No women farmers, no food! No food on the table, no nation!” This was the chant I heard during a recent press conference for small-holder women farmers in Nigeria; it would turn out to be the motto for the Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON). The truth in the message was so resonant, especially with […]
Happy New Year! I know it’s the end of January and the title of this piece is everything but happy. However, the greeting too has become perfunctory, much like routine phrases such as “Good morning” or “How are you?”—often expressed without genuine interest. However, that’s not the story. My motivation for writing this piece stems […]
The progress recorded by NIMC for NIN (National Identity Number) enrolment in the past two years makes one wonder what it could mean for financial inclusion targets. Imagine a situation where an individual is automatically signed up for a mobile wallet or bank account at the point of NIN enrolment; that would easily translate to […]
“Our culture unconsciously helps with the patriarchal way. Girls are socialised to be modest to avoid triggering the wrong attention, while boys are socialised to see sexual abuse as a badge of honour. When it comes to emotional and psychological abuse, men don’t talk about it.” – Ini Abimbola These are the paraphrased words of […]
In continuing the Women’s Month celebration, the SCwN and VFD Group partnership continued, this time to highlight how the Group chooses to challenge gender inequality in the marketplace. The conversation was with Theresa Ezeh, the Managing Director of Everdon Bureau de Change who was the Head of VFD Group Treasury Unit prior to this role. Starting the […]
Earlier on in my career, I had a couple of interesting experiences bordering on gender related stigmas, most likely relatable for many other women too. One of the experiences involved a senior female colleague disparaging my request to my male supervisor to work half-day on my antenatal appointment days; because, according to her she didn’t […]
I am particularly excited to write this article for two reasons – first is, I am an ex-Diamond (proudly so) and secondly, would like to share my perspective of my interactions with Uzoma and what I refer to as his ‘Un-Nigerian-ness’. Uzoma Dozie was the last Managing Director of Diamond Bank, Nigeria. He is the […]
Police brutality is not a phenomenon that’s peculiar to Nigeria and the protests in the United States to end police brutality in the months preceding the EndSARS protests were testament to that. However, in the thick of the peaceful protests by young Nigerians to end the brutality allegedly meted out by an infamous division of […]
The pun in the title of this article is clearly intended and rather apt too, I borrowed it from my friend Tina when she was trying to describe a situation where the symptoms of an issue were being addressed as opposed to the underlying issue itself. For as far back as I remember being a […]
Allow me introduce my self – My name is Chinasa, Tolulope Ken-Ugwuh (and the names, albeit mixed, still do not give a complete account of my heritage). I was born to a Yoruba mother from Ile-Ife, Osun State and a half Igbo, half Kalabari father from Ngor-Okpala, Imo State and Abonnema, Rivers State respectively. Born […]