by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Aug 8, 2024 | News
A social media post replacing tomatoes with more affordable watermelon seeds went viral amidst double digit inflation that is spiralling out of control in Nigeria. In a nation with some of the most arable land on earth, people are going hungry. The...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Jul 2, 2024 | General
I had the pleasure of speaking at the Africa Business Summit hosted by the Africa Club at the London Business School on the 29th of June. The Energy Panel discussed ‘Reframing the natural resource curse: Africa as an exporter of sustainable energy resources’. A...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Jun 16, 2024 | General
I’d shared this piece with my father a few weeks ago, informing him of my intention to post it as a Father’s Day tribute, and when he said he was delighted with it, I was over the moon! It is important to appreciate what you’ve got while you have it...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Apr 23, 2024 | General, News
In the so-called ‘forgotten war’ in Sudan over 14,000 civilians have been killed since its onset a year ago. In what the United Nations describes as a crisis of epic proportions, there are reports of widespread atrocities, including the use of sexual violence as a...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Apr 11, 2024 | General
The 9th ABP Southampton Marathon was held on Sunday, the 7th of April. It would be my 15th marathon and I approached it as a ‘low stakes’ race with goals no loftier than finishing injury free and having fun. Weather forecast, which had been changeable in the lead...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Apr 3, 2024 | News
I was honoured to share my reflections on the state of Nigeria in This Day Newspaper. Read the full article by clicking on the link below. https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2024/03/08/one-year-on-from-the-2023-elections
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Feb 29, 2024 | General
A teacher in Kano, northern Nigeria makes a three-hour daily commute to school on foot, no longer able to pay for a ride in a tuktuk rickshaw. A civil servant in Ilorin, central Nigeria, can no longer afford rice for her three children, switching to gaari, made from...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Nov 13, 2023 | General
I was thrilled to be invited to the launch of the PanAfrican Institute at Lukenya University on the 9th of November, and honoured to be presented as a PanAfrican writer showcasing my book, Pillars of Statecraft: Nation Building in a Changing World. Big thank you to...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Sep 25, 2023 | General
The Richmond (London) Run-Fest marathon was scheduled for Sunday the 10th of September 2023. Weather forecast had predicted late summer temperatures of >30 degrees Celsius. It was the hottest marathon I’ve ever run; I had never seen so many ambulances at a race! I...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Sep 11, 2023 | General, News
The African Union (AU) has been made a permanent member of the G20. The Group of Twenty (G20) is an expansion of the G7, originally G8 until Russia’s expulsion in 2014 following its annexation of Crimea. The G7 was founded in 1975 as an informal forum...
