Informal Economy

Beyond Akara: Can Selling Street Food Really Lift Nigerians Out of Poverty?

Beyond Akara: Can Selling Street Food Really Lift Nigerians Out of Poverty?

Beyond Akara: Can Selling Street Food Really Lift Nigerians Out of Poverty?

Oluwatobi Adu July 27, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria — When Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, encouraged unemployed youths to consider small businesses...

Running on Fumes: Inside the Silent Collapse of Nigeria’s Small Businesses 1000845256

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Running on Fumes: Inside the Silent Collapse of Nigeria’s Small Businesses

Oluwafunbi Bello May 8, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – From barber shops to cafés and roadside kitchens, rising fuel prices, inflation and power...

Ashes of Enterprise: Inside Kano’s Singer Market Inferno That Shook a City Firefighters battle blaze at Singer Market in Kano

Firefighters battle blaze at Singer Market in Kano

Ashes of Enterprise: Inside Kano’s Singer Market Inferno That Shook a City

Hussaini Ibrahim March 1, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – On a humid Saturday afternoon, when trade should have been winding down into prayer...

Gin in the Shadows: Why Nigeria’s Sachet Alcohol Ban Still Hasn’t Reached the Street Sachet alcohol displayed openly in a Nigerian market despite government restrictions

Sachet alcohol displayed openly in a Nigerian market despite government restrictions

Gin in the Shadows: Why Nigeria’s Sachet Alcohol Ban Still Hasn’t Reached the Street

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius February 22, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – On paper, the ban was decisive. In practice, it is porous. When Nigeria moved...