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Connecting the Dots is a podcast series hosted by Emeka Okpukpara, Partner, Nextier Power, and produced by the Nextier Group. It features global leaders sharing their thoughts on pathways to achieving sustainable energy efficiency in Nigeria, Africa, and globally.

• 1:24:07Light Bill. Food Bill. Same Bill. | Why food is expensive: a power story
• 1:04:05The Cost of Keeping Food Alive: How unreliable power disrupts the food system
• 52:35WHEN NUMBERS BECOME NAMES: The human cost of system failures
• 56:45THE HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE: What energy transition means for real lives
• 37:34THE LEAPFROG ADVANTAGE: Can decentralised energy help Nigeria skip a century of infrastructure?
• 32:17BUILD MORE, GROW LESS? Infrastructure investments, economic growth and the inbetween
• 1:06:39SMOKE, CARBON, AND CASH: Making climate finance work for energy access
• 1:11:56THE DISCIPLINE OF DELIVERY
• 1:21:29DRY SEASON RAINS & LIGHT: Why Nigeria's electricity changes between the rainy and dry seasons
• 45:26FOLLOWING THE MONEY: Making distributed renewables bankable
• 1:09:10The Business of Power Without Trust II | Engr. Umar Hashidu
• 1:09:11Can Regulation Keep Up With the Market? | Dr. Yusuf Ali
• 41:36When Finance Meets the Field | Omosede Imohe
• 48:51Wiring the Republic | Abba Aliyu
• 31:40Africa's 1% Problem | Wangari Muchiri
• 40:59Gaslighting the Transition | Adaora Ugwu
• 40:07The Craftsman State: Building Institutions that Endure | Barr. Olajumoke Delano
• 52:14The Business of Power Without Trust | Engr. Chijioke Okwuokenye
• 47:14Gridlocked to Green: Nigeria's Renewable Energy Path | Erabor Okogun
• 40:48From Blackouts to Broadband: What It Takes to Power the Digital Economy | Lande Abudu
• 33:32Solar, Skills, and the Nigerian Switch | Suleiman Babamanu
• 48:21LIGHTING THE LAST MILE: Rethinking Energy Access
• 54:39Grants vs. Growth: Can Nigeria’s off grid energy market sustain itself?
• 32:52CAPITAL FLOWS, CLEAN POWER: Who Pays for Nigeria's Transition
• 59:10Taking A Systemic Investing Approach To Energy Transition In Africa
• 18:22POWERING ENUGU’S FUTURE

Crossing Perspectives is a dynamic dialogue platform dedicated to amplifying the voices of individuals and institutions driving meaningful change across society. The platform creates space for critical reflection, fresh perspectives, and diverse conversations that deepen understanding of complex issues within the security, peace, and development landscape. By bridging the gap between research, policy, and practice, it promotes collaborative problem-solving and advances impactful conversations that contribute to inclusive and sustainable development outcomes.

• 46:20Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR).
• 38:27Illicit Financial Flows: The Crime-Corruption-Terrorism Nexus
• 41:26Displacement Without End? Understanding the New Refugee Reality in Africa
• 40:293.7 Million and Rising
• 55:54Who Owns the Earth? Mining Rights, Conflict, and Justice in Nigeria
• 35:12Stop Calling Them Victims: Reframing Vulnerability in Nigeria's Conflict Zones
• 48:02When Schools Become Targets: What School Abductions Mean for Nigeria's Next Generation
• 33:25Peacebuilding and Social Cohesion: Pathways to Sustainable Stability in the Lake Chad Region

Development Discourse with Patrick Okigbo brings together some of the best minds to discuss evidence-based ideas and pragmatic solutions to Africa's complex developmental challenges. The guests on the show are drawn from diverse backgrounds, including past and present government leaders, scholars, academics, developmental professionals, private sector leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs. Through their scholarship and experience, they shed light on the root causes of Africa's persistent challenges and discuss potential solutions to accelerate the continent's socio-economic and political development. The channel offers a rigorous analysis of Africa's development challenges and curates evidence-based ideas and solutions addressing critical socio-economic and political issues.

• 1:27:28WHAT DEVELOPMENT MISSES: Indigenous Knowledge, Resourceful Design, and Africa's Productive Economy
• 1:35:09MODERNITY, AGENCY, AND THE DECOLONISATION TRAP: What African Development Actually Requires
• 1:33:37STRONG ORGANISATIONS, WEAK STATES: How Public Institutions Succeed Against the Odds
• 1:33:18Negotiating Tradition and Modernity: African Religious Institutions and Governance Dynamics
• 1:28:52HOW AFRICA WORKS: Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier
• 1:32:35WHEN VOTERS LEAVE: Migration, Mortality, and the Survival of African Authoritarianism
• 1:33:22Indecent Deal: Choices That Shape the Fate of Nations
• 1:26:21Plurality and National Development
• 1:29:44WHO GETS TO DEVELOP? Industrial Policy, Structural Change, and Africa’s Place in an Unequal World
• 1:33:41WHAT IT COSTS TO SURVIVE: Nigerian Women, Structural Constraint, and the Development Imagination
• 1:35:55WHEN TRUST RUNS DRY: Rethinking Governance in Nigeria
• 1:29:35IMPACT INVESTING: Cure or Convenient Myth?
• 1:35:55THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INNOVATION: Why Good Ideas Struggle and How Africa Can Build Systems
• 1:37:05MAKING THE STATE LEGIBLE: Turning Fiscal Data into Citizen Power
• 1:34:37CRACKS IN THE REPUBLIC: Inside West Africa’s Political Operating System
• 1:36:17GETTING ELEPHANTS TO DANCE: Improving Effectiveness of Government Institutions
• 9:22Building Africa’s Future: Insights from the 2025 Development Discourse
• 1:30:30The Work of Our Own Hands: Culture, Citizenship, and the Making of a New Africa
• 1:30:30HIGH-IMPACT ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Transforming Food Value Chains in Africa
• 1:35:29WHISTLING THROUGH A STORM: Reforming African Public Institutions
• 1:33:27The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule
• 1:35:32All Hands on Deck: Unleash Prosperity Through World-Class Capital Markets
• 1:27:02THE NEXT FRONTIER: Unlocking Rural Economies for Africa’s Growth
• 1:32:40THE POLITICS OF PROGRESS: Achieving Political Stability and Development in Africa
• 1:24:29BEYOND AID: Building Resilient Non-Profits for Africa’s Future
• 1:28:34AID IS DYING: Can Africa Still Attain Escape Velocity?
• 1:30:43The Selectorate: When Judges Topple The People
• 1:31:48Rethinking International Partnerships in a Changing World
• 1:27:02Shaping a Shared Future in a Changing World
• 1:03:17CRACKING THE CODE: Catalysing Africa’s Development
• 1:30:05ROAD TO STABILITY: Rebuilding Nigeria’s Security and Governance Architecture
• 1:32:36NAVIGATING THE NEW GLOBAL ORDER: Rethinking Africa’s Development in a Changing World
• 1:30:40THE NEW GLOBAL ORDER AND AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT
• 1:29:55DREAMS AND FLOURISHES: Art as Change Driver
• 1:32:16AFRICA'S RENAISSANCE: Strengthening Africa's Creative and Industrial Ecosystem
• 1:22:11AFRICA’S TIPPING POINT: Choices to Shape the Continent’s Future
• 1:31:18Charting a Path to Peace: Nigeria's Journey Ahead
• 1:16:25An Imperfect Storm: A Pandemic and the Coming of Age of a Nigerian Institution
• 1:33:01Reinforcing the Guardrails: Institution Building and Africa’s Development
• 1:32:17THE TROUBLE WITH NIGERIA: And How to Fix it
• 1:33:08PREBENDALISM AND A FUTURE FORETOLD: Reimagining Nigeria
• 1:34:13PUBLIC POLICY AND AGENT INTERESTS: Perspectives from the Emerging World
• 1:31:03HOW TO RIG ELECTIONS: Moving to Dev-ocracy
• 1:33:54OFFICE OF THE CITIZEN: Restoring Power to the People
• 1:35:27It is POSSIBLE: Influencing Change in Nigeria
• 1:31:18Moving The Dark Clouds: Reimagining Nigeria's Future
• 1:26:45Healing Nigeria ''Small By Small''
• 1:42:18From Elitocracy to Democracy
• 1:02:13Arc of the Possible
• 1:24:33Designing Effective Social Protection Programmes
• 1:32:20Making International Cooperation Work
• 1:28:40Impact Investing For Sustainable Development
• 1:52:51Nuclear Generation in Africa Ready or Not
• 1:56:22THEATRES OF WAR - Violence and Conflict in the Fourth Republic
• 1:52:44PROTECTIONISM - Trade Policy Options and Way Forward
• 1:32:14Rule of law, Security, and Transitional Justice in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Nascent Democracies
• 1:29:28Development As Attitude
• 1:25:35The How Of Art As A Growth Driver
• 1:31:11The Way Out Of Poverty
• 1:36:57Rebuilding Nigeria's Economy in Challenging Times
• 1:21:40How To Grow Nigeria's Economy
• 1:31:27Building Africa's First Trillion Dollar Economy
• 1:30:23Party Politics and Africa's Democratic Future
• 1:32:06Education Reforms
• 1:22:44How Reforms Succeed or Fail
• 4:02:45Getting Big Things Done in Government
• 1:50:04BROTHERS' KILLERS- Managing Identity in Post Election Nigeria
• 2:02:05State Building in Emerging Democracies
• 1:58:20Nigeria and the Biafra Agitation
• 8:53Discussing how AfCFTA would impact Nigeria's Power sector with Patrick Okigbo
• 58:39Oil Sector Governance
• 1:39:36Getting Elephants to Dance - Transforming Public Sector Organizations
• 1:44:59Public Service Reforms when Political WILL is NOT ENOUGH
• 1:57:522019 General Elections Political Competition in Troubled Times
• 1:17:33Role of Corporate Governance in Building Sustainable Businesses
• 38:22The Economics of The Niger Coup and South East Sit At Home Order
• 1:24:48Good Governance in Nigeria with Portia Roelofs
• 1:31:19Ending Nigeria's Fuel Subsidy Regime, The Why, and The How
• 1:35:31Can Nigerian States Achieve 24x7 Power Impact of the Constitutional Amendment on Electricity Sector
• 1:27:45Mobilizing FDI for Nigeria, The What, What nots, and How
• 1:19:36Escaping Nigeria's Poverty Trap
• 5:22:07From Elections to Governance and Performance
• 25:36Peter Obi leads in voting intentions at 40% of surveyed respondents -Patrick Okigbo III
• 2:06:50Gambling On Development
• 4:42:39Getting Big Things Done in Government
• 1:55:44Protecting Petroleum Pipelines - Strategy for Curbing Crude Oil Theft
• 51:15Nextier Insights Discourse
• 1:07:45Development Discourse with Patrick Okigbo III in conversation with Donald Duke
• 1:13:22Development Discourse with Patrick O . Okigbo III in conversation with Bishop Matthew Kukah
• 1:03:04Development Discourse with Patrick Okigbo III in conversation with Sam Amadi - Conceptual Incoherent
• 1:57:33State Police, If Yes How?
• 2:02:31Fighting Insecurity Changing Nigeria's Security Architecture
• 1:54:16DevDiscourse

The Policing Conversation brings together experts to examine the future of policing in Nigeria. As the country moves closer to establishing State Police, each edition explores what reform could look like in practice, from community safety and accountability to whether state governments have the fiscal capacity to establish, operate and sustain their own police forces.

• 1:01:06The Policing Conversations
• 1:01:18Policing Conversation S1 Ep2
• 1:01:54The Policing Conversation S1 E1