For more than a decade, Nigeria’s power sector reform has been trapped in a single, exhausting debate: How do we...

Electricity projects are built with steel, concrete, and transformers, but they are financed with something far less tangible: confidence.  ...

Nigeria's electricity crisis is often framed as a technical challenge. Discussions usually focus on generation capacity, transmission bottlenecks, distribution losses...

One of the biggest misconceptions in the electricity sector is that power projects fail because of engineering problems. In reality,...

When discussions about Nigeria’s electricity sector arise, attention is often focused on generation. How many megawatts are available? How many...

Nigeria’s electricity sector stands at a historic turning point. For decades, electricity planning, regulation, and investment were concentrated largely within...

An introduction to the series Nigeria is entering the most significant electricity sector transformation since the power sector reforms of...

Despite occupying just 3,577 square kilometers —less than 0.4 percent of Nigeria’s landmass — Lagos is an economic titan. It...

Across this series, one argument has remained consistent: Nigeria’s electricity sector is not only a challenge — it is one...

If Nigeria's electricity challenge were purely technical, it would have been solved long ago. The country has abundant sunlight, natural...