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Peter Enahoro: They don’t make them anymore

Peter Enahoro: They don’t make them anymore

I do not remember when I first stumbled on Peter Enahoro or which of his articles I read first. All I know is how awestruck I was when I first read his article in Daily Times. His way with words was astonishing.

Learning at the feet of Peter Enahoro

Learning at the feet of Peter Enahoro

There is never a dull moment with Peter Enahoro. I started working with Peter in 1978, some thirty-seven years ago, when he asked me to join him in London to serve as political editor on a magazinehe was about to rebrand and edit. I was not a stranger to the Enahoro family name. We had an expression in the student community in Ghana: to ‘Enahoro’ someone arose from a story involving Tony Enahoro and S. G. Ikoku, his fellow refugee in Accra but that is another story. Also, in those days the Nigerian Sunday and Daily Times newspapers in which Peter’s name cropped up and which we were encouraged to read under Kwame Nkrumah’s fervent pan-Africanism were circulated in Accra.

Between technological obsolescence and consumer spending

Between technological obsolescence and consumer spending

By Toyin Obire In today’s fast-moving markets, new technologies have a proclivity for becoming old news fairly quickly. Against this backdrop, consumers now have to deal with the challenge of technological obsolescence, a situation where technology-based products and services lose their appeal, even though they are still in good working condition. What was stylish and […]

Leading through volatility in Africa

Leading through volatility in Africa

Barely two years ago, foreign businesses and analysts were hailing Africa as the world’s economic miracle. With economic, political and social reforms sweeping the continent, a burgeoning middle class and growth rates hovering around the 6% mark, people were queuing up for a slice of a $1 trillion opportunity.

Udenwa’s slant to the Imo campaign

Udenwa’s slant to the Imo campaign

THE PDP presidential rally that took place in Imo State at the weekend was predictably a huge success. The massive turnout of Imo sons and daughters, aged and young and the genuine solidarity they expressed to President Goodluck Jonathan and his campaign team underscore this and set the stage for what to expect from the state in the February 14 presidential elections.