Happy 65th Nigerian Independence Day!
Today marks 65 years since the formation of Nigeria as an independent country free from British colonial rule. Today I am thankful for my family and also for my friends. Nigeria deserves more recognition from its citizens, both at home and abroad, for coming together and uniting the Fatherland around the objective of democracy - a wholly Western set of principles. Believe you me, there are issues which require resolution - how Nigeria integrates into supranational entities such as ECOWAS and the AU - how we treat corruption and the small matter of our economic wellbeing as Africa's 4th richest economy. Many things are still ahead for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. My friends, co-workers, colleagues, and I definitely look forward to progressing our country upwards and onwards.
B814 Essays on Porter's Five Forces
I'll be having a toast to Nigeria's role in Africa's renaissance as I celebrate the 230th download (only just) on my SSRN author page. I have been working hard, attempting to gather my notes together and catch my breath after yesterday’s ECB conference on Inflation Dynamics, where there was a full day’s worth of presentations on how best to model inflation. I am starting to wind down on the B814 EMA, which is due on 9th October, but still some work to be done.
One of my draft answers includes a thorough breakdown of this article, from the perspective of advanced economics and strategy (game theory). I must credit Michael Porter in retrospect, as a great deal of the article was me essentially paraphrasing his earlier work on entry deterrence, price competition, wages, and monopsony (i.e., on buyer power).
Co-Publishing with Daniel Armanios
I recently reached out directly to Daniel Armanios, the BT Chair and Professor of Major Programme Management over at Said Business School in Oxford, to query whether we could seek to publish a formatted Q&A he helped co-publish in an academic press journal. It may be a bit early in the day, but I'm always keen to enquire about commercialising great content into peer review.
The AU and African Women's Security
Also great to have introduced Paul J. Crook to the AUC's Spokesperson for the Chairman, Nuur Mohamud Sheekh, who recently delivered opening remarks at the African Journalists' Meeting in Addis Ababa. Paul Crook is based in East Africa and is a vibrant advocate for women's rights, whom I was introduced to on LinkedIn a few months ago.