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Nextier is a multi-competency public sector advisory firm with expertise in policy research, strategy, finance, monitoring & evaluation, strategic communications, and training. Our consultants deliver rigorous analysis, deep knowledge of their industries, and pragmatic solutions to produce practical, sustainable, and high impact results. We leverage our deep industry expertise and use analytical rigor to help our clients make informed decisions and solve their most critical challenges. We assemble the best resources (locally and internationally) to focus on our projects. Whether it is an elected official looking to solve the poverty challenge, a government agency looking to achieve operational excellence or increase internally generated revenue, or an international investor seeking opportunities in the Nigerian power sector, Nextier delivers sustained impact. Nextier has offices in Abuja, Enugu and Lagos. Twitter:

30/09/2026

𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗬 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔’𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗔.

Do you 𝗔𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘, 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘, or are you 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗗?

Across Africa, democracy has long been presented as a foundation for accountable governance and development. Yet decades of elections and democratic institutions have left a difficult question unresolved: have they delivered the development outcomes citizens expect?

Recent evidence points to a growing gap between Africans’ demand for democracy and their satisfaction with how it is working, while concerns about government performance, accountability and economic conditions remain widespread.

That is the question at the heart of the 2026 Development Debate

🇬🇭 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi

VS

🇳🇬 Obafemi Awolowo University

Before you hear the arguments, tell us where you stand in the comments.

Then register to watch the debate and hear both sides make their case.

13–14 October 2026 | Abuja, Nigeria
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Where do you stand?

30/09/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲?

Structural transformation is often described as the movement of workers from agriculture into manufacturing and services. Yet contemporary research suggests that the process extends well beyond sectoral change.

At Nextier DevFest 2026, Professor Douglas Gollin, James L. Paddock Professor of Economics at Tufts University and Research Director of the Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG) programme, joins us as a speaker to examine how new research is broadening our understanding of structural transformation.

The session is presented in knowledge partnership with the Growth Research Platform (GRP), which brings together research on the drivers and processes of economic growth and structural transformation. The Growth Research Platform is funded by the UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office , (FCDO) through its Global Research and Technology Development portfolio.

Professor Gollin’s work draws attention to a broader process of economic reorganisation: how people move across sectors, occupations and locations; how firms change in size, organisation and specialisation; how economic activity shifts between home and market and between informal and formal arrangements; and how labour and capital are allocated across firms, jobs and places.

The presentation will explore some of the emerging questions shaping research on structural transformation:

• Productivity and resource allocation within and across sectors and firms
• The allocation of labour and capital across productive activities
• Firm growth, scale, specialisation and organisational change
• Urbanisation, migration and the economic geography of development
• Labour-market, financial and spatial frictions that impede productive reallocation

These questions matter because structural transformation is not simply a change in the sectoral composition of an economy. It is a multidimensional process involving changes in where people work, how production is organised, where economic activity takes place, and how resources are allocated across the economy.

Nextier Development Festival 2026
𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

13–14 October 2026 | Abuja, Nigeria

Register your interest: devfest.thenextier.com
Physical or virtual attendance details and confirmation will be communicated via email.

29/09/2026

Prosperity is not an accident.

It is built through productive firms, rising incomes, better jobs, and an economy that creates opportunities for more people to do more valuable work.

So where does prosperity come from?

Not from growth alone.

It comes from productive firms, rising incomes, better jobs, higher-value activities, and an economy where people have the opportunity to move towards more productive work.

That is the conversation at the heart of Nextier DevFest 2026.

For two days in Abuja, policymakers, business leaders, researchers and practitioners will examine what Nigeria must build to achieve inclusive prosperity, not as an abstract ambition, but as a practical pathway to structural transformation.

The 2026 Nextier Development Festival
𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

13–14 October 2026 | Abuja, Nigeria

Register your interest: devfest.thenextier.com

Physical or virtual attendance details and confirmation will be communicated via email.

29/09/2026

What does it take for Nigerian manufacturers to compete at scale?

Nigeria does not lack manufacturers. It does not lack markets. It does not lack ambition. The harder question is what it will take for more firms to move from fragmented, high-cost production to the scale, reliability and capability required to compete.

The challenge is reflected in the numbers. In Q2 2026, Nigeria imported ₦9.51 trillion worth of manufactured goods but exported only ₦393.03 billion.

At Nextier DevFest 2026, this conversation brings together leaders across industry, finance, trade and industrial policy to identify what is genuinely holding capable firms back.

Joining this conversation:

Dr. Olasupo Olusi – MD/CEO, Bank of Industry Limited, Nigeria

Segun Ajayi-Kadir, mni – Director General, MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

Suleiman Umar – CEO, Tofa Textiles Ltd; National Council Member, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Kano, Nigeria

Lumun Amanda Feese – Co-Facilitator, Industrial Policy Commission, The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)

Moderated by Emeka Chinonso Okafor (ECO), Programme Coordinator, Nigeria, International Trade Centre.

Together, they'll examine the manufacturing constraints that matter most, from energy and finance to logistics and supplier networks,and what it takes for capable firms to move from survival to productive scale.

Nextier Development Festival 2026
𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

13–14 October 2026 | Abuja, Nigeria

Register your interest: devfest.thenextier.com

Physical or virtual attendance details and confirmation will be communicated via email.

29/09/2026

A farmer needs power to irrigate. A processor needs it to run. A cold room needs it to preserve food. And when reliable electricity is missing, someone has to pay for the alternative.

But the conversation goes beyond the cost of diesel.

In this episode of Connecting the Dots, Ayo Sotinrin, MBA (oxon) , Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture Limited Nigeria, takes us inside the realities of financing agriculture and what the sector looks like when energy becomes a risk to the businesses being financed.

We explore the hidden energy costs within the agricultural value chain, why cold-chain infrastructure remains such an important missing link, what energy poverty looks like for smallholder farmers, and whether agricultural finance can also become part of the solution to the sector's energy challenge.

We also ask a bigger question: why do we continue to treat food security and energy access as separate conversations when they are so closely connected?

This conversation connects some dots that are easy to miss.

Watch the full episode of Connecting the Dots: https://lnkd.in/dzt2SN8u

28/09/2026

"𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴."

You've probably heard it.

Maybe you've said it.

But what if that sentence is too small for a country this complex?

Somewhere in Nigeria, a business has figured out how to survive. A manufacturer has learned to compete. A creative has built an audience beyond our borders.

The real question is not whether these stories exist.

The real question is why they remain the exception.

That is the argument behind The Possible Country—the second essay in our four-part editorial series ahead of Nextier DevFest 2026.

It asks a harder question: What would have to change for success to spread?

Because prosperity grows when more people can do more valuable work—and when the economy gives them the means to do it.

Read “The Possible Country" below.

Nextier Development Festival 2026
𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

13–14 October 2026 | Abuja, Nigeria

Register your interest: devfest.thenextier.com
Essay: https://bit.ly/The_Possible_Country

Physical or virtual attendance details and confirmation will be communicated via email.

28/09/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁?

Countries often know the outcomes they want: faster growth, more productive firms, better jobs and rising living standards.

The harder question is why some reform ideas move from analysis to action, while others do not, and why some reform episodes become sustained processes of transformation while others fade.

At Nextier DevFest 2026, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, economist, former Deputy Chairman of India’s Planning Commission, one of the principal architects of India’s economic reform programme, and author of Backstage: The Story Behind India’s High Growth Years, joins us as a Keynote Speaker to examine the politics and practice of economic transformation.

The keynote will examine questions such as:

· How do economic problems rise to the top of the policy agenda?
· Why do some reform ideas become actionable while others remain unresolved?
· What role do political leadership and reform coalitions play in creating momentum for change?
· How can governments prepare credible policy choices before moments of crisis or opportunity emerge?
· What allows reform to survive political transitions and maintain direction over time?
· How do countries move from episodic reform to sustained economic transformation?

These questions matter because development is not only about identifying the right policies. It is also about understanding when reform becomes possible, how opportunities for change are seized, and how policy direction is sustained long enough for investment, productivity and productive capabilities to accumulate.

Nextier Development Festival 2026
𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

This is where the conversation moves beyond what reforms are needed to a deeper question:

What does it take to make reform possible and sustain it long enough to transform an economy?

13–14 October 2026 | Abuja, Nigeria

Register your interest: devfest.thenextier.com
Physical or virtual attendance details and confirmation will be communicated via email.

28/09/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀?

What if the answers—and the power to act on them—are simply scattered among us?

The entrepreneur understands why her business cannot grow.
The researcher knows what has worked elsewhere.
The policymaker understands the constraints of implementation.
The investor knows what it takes to unlock capital.
And institutions possess levers that others do not.

What becomes possible when we bring the right people into the same room?

On 13–14 October 2026, the Nextier Development Festival will convene people with different knowledge, experiences and capacities to act around one central question:

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼—𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮?

One of the Festival’s signature events is 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀—a new platform for rigorous public debate. Students from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi and Obafemi Awolowo University will confront the proposition:
“𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮.”

The question is consequential.
The arguments will be contested.
The conclusions are not predetermined.

This is more than another conversation about what is wrong with Nigeria. It is an invitation to examine what must be built, who must build it, and how we move from ideas to action.

The 2026 Nextier Development Festival
𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

13–14 October 2026 | Abuja, Nigeria

Join the people working to turn knowledge into action.

Register your interest: devfest.thenextier.com
Physical or virtual attendance details and confirmation will be communicated via email.

28/09/2026

Nigeria Violent Conflict Bi-Weekly Spotlight | 6–19 September 2026

Between 6 and 19 September 2026, Nigeria recorded 150 violent conflict incidents, a 29% increase from the previous reporting period. These incidents resulted in 280 casualties (down 24%) and 419 kidnap victims (up 117%).

Notably, eight cases of electoral violence were recorded nationwide, signalling that election-related violence is already emerging as a security concern, despite the campaign period still being in its early stages.

The North West remained the most affected region, accounting for 41% of incidents, 32% of casualties and 58% of kidnap victims. The surge in kidnappings was driven by mass abductions in Sokoto State. In the North East, 10 incidents resulted in 66 casualties, nearly a quarter of the national total, largely driven by terrorism in Borno State.

In the North Central, Plateau State recorded 33 incidents, nearly double the previous period, retaining its position as the country’s most incident-prone state and accounting for 22% of incidents nationwide. The South East recorded the highest number of electoral violence incidents, with all three cases occurring in Enugu State.

Overall, the period was marked by a sharp rise in kidnappings, driven largely by mass abductions in Sokoto and Niger states. Plateau’s continued rise in conflict incidents further underscores the persistence of the security crisis and the need for close monitoring.

Read the full report: https://thenextier.com/nigeria-violent-conflict-bi-weekly-spotlight-6/⁠

27/09/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴?

We know that too few firms grow enough to create better jobs.

We know that infrastructure, finance and weak implementation continue to hold back progress.

So perhaps the harder question is this:

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁?

Amb. 'Dapo Oyewole, Secretary General of the Conference of Speakers and Presidents of African Legislatures (CoSPAL), understands the urgency of moving beyond diagnosis to action. He joins us to invite policymakers, business leaders, researchers and practitioners to a different kind of development conversation at Nextier DevFest 2026.

For two days in Abuja, one challenge will shape the conversation:

How do we build an economy capable of producing prosperity at scale?

Not another conference.
Not another diagnosis.

A deliberate attempt to connect evidence to reform, ideas to implementation, and knowledge to action.

Nextier Development Festival 2026
𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

13–14 October 2026 | Abuja, Nigeria

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