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African policymakers dealing with the current oil shock would do well to recall the Chinese word for crisis, 危机 (wēijī), which has two characters: 危 (wēi), meaning “danger”, and 机 (jī), meaning “opportunity”. The current oil shock presents Africa with both. Import costs are rising, currencies are depreciating, fuel subsidies are consuming scarce fiscal space,…

Rapid urbanisation in cities like Abuja has caused waste generation to outpace management systems, resulting in overflowing bins, clogged drainage and environmental degradation