Martin Oluba A few months from now, many organizations will start shopping for strategy development firms to help them with their repositioning plans against the year 2012. Many consulting firms claim to be adepts in offering this service. Unfortunately many Nigerian firms that have sought strategy facilitation assistance have ended up either disappointed or ended [...]
Now that Jonathan is staying on as president
By Martin Oluba First, let me congratulate the President on convincingly winning the 2011 presidential elections. We all pray that it becomes indeed a victory for all Nigerians! But now that he has been re-elected what next? How much change-for-the-better should we expect and in what direction? Jonathan’s immediate challenge is no doubt the resolution [...]
The Advent of Analytic Insights in Stockbroking Business
By Martin Oluba Stockbroking responsibilities do not necessarily comprise only the tasks related to trading in stocks or commodities. Brokers may wear different professional costumes that may differentiate them variously as securities analysts, investment analysts, stock analysts, dealers, advisors, etc. Investment analysts for instance study companies’ financial reports, evaluate market data using appropriate statistical techniques, [...]
Policy Framework for SME Development in ECOWAS
By Martin Oluba With a jurisdiction of about 250 million people across 15 member States ECOWAS responsibility for deepening the integration process and economic development of the region cannot be less daunting. Several channels have long been identified as desiderata for achieving these developmental goals. Of overriding importance is the establishment of an economic and [...]
Data rich and information poor economy
By Martin Oluba Regardless of the cost of data collection it is well worth the effort because economic data is key in effectively planning and fashioning a prosperous future for any economy. Effective data collection and usage are required across all frontiers of economic, social and political lives for them to support well integrated and [...]
Debtor responsibility and rising trend of smear campaigns
By Martin Oluba Many human beings sure love to eat their cakes and still have them. Same is true of those who have incurred debts but would wish that they have no repayment obligation. They have borrowed and deployed the debts as they agreed or wished but do not want to repay the debt as [...]
Thinking about the middle class in Nigeria
By Martin Oluba The middle class is a potent force that drives macroeconomic growth albeit in varying degrees. For factor driven economies such as ours more reliance is placed on the quantum of natural resource endowments as well as cheap labour. While it is desirable, competitiveness in Nigeria is not considerably dependent on the degree [...]
Nigeria’s FIRS can continuously triple tax revenue through datamining
By Martin Oluba In spite of the hurting poverty-stimulating conditions in Nigeria, government still appears strongly inclined to the removal of petroleum subsidy; plans a national budget that is replete with heavy domestic borrowing in order to carry out normal state functions. These planned policy measures no doubt will cause more funds to flow out [...]
Competitiveness on the wings of business analytics
By Martin Oluba Let us imagine that majority of our medical facilities are able to predict and treat infection in premature newborns 24 hours earlier; that our security forces are able to intelligently predict potential outburst of sectarian violence; that our banks and other businesses can easily detect and prevent fraud within their systems; that [...]
Domestic child-servitude and our economic future
By Martin Oluba For about a decade and half, increasing attention by government agencies and other non-governmental organizations have focused on girl trafficking particularly outside the country’s shores. However, there is a domestic-environment dimension to similar plague which is not being given as much attention as it truly deserves. Trafficking in ‘maids’ and ‘house-boys’ oftentimes [...]
