Tolu Grey·May 2On Spending for Growth, Building Infrastructure and Why Ideas Are the ProblemNigeria is targeting a $1 trillion economy by 2030, from a base of $290 billion in 2025. To close a gap that size, the country would need…
Tolu Grey·Apr 7Should the Nigerian Government Take Equity in Companies?The Flutterwave Case StudyA response icon2A response icon2
Tolu Grey·Jan 30Between Washington and Beijing: Nigeria Turns to Europe for its Digital EconomyNigeria’s digital economy runs on an unusual stack: Chinese hardware, American software, and increasingly, European ideas.
Tolu Grey·Jan 102025: Another Year Between Pages — Here’s What I ReadIn 2025, I read fewer books but i am pleased with the selection of books and look forward to better in 2026.A response icon1A response icon1
Tolu Grey·Nov 15, 2025Building For The Local MarketI’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about a simple question that quickly gets complicated: How do products and services actually come…A response icon3A response icon3
Tolu Grey·Sep 4, 2025The Tyranny of the Perfect Recommendation“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.”A response icon1A response icon1
Tolu Grey·Jul 15, 2025Buhari is Gone. But Buharinomics Lives OnBuhari is gone, but the economic logic he embodied still shapes Nigeria. Buharinomics lives on: in policy, belief, and instinct.A response icon13A response icon13
Tolu Grey·May 18, 2025Designing Markets For Scale: Why Fragmentation Is Not Always CompetitionMore firms don’t always mean better outcomes. In some sectors, fragmentation spreads us thin, and keeps markets from growing up.A response icon7A response icon7
Tolu Grey·May 14, 2025Finding Nigeria’s Next Growth Story After Telecoms and BankingWe call telecoms and banking reform success stories. But maybe reform wasn’t the reason they took off — and won’t be next time either.A response icon9A response icon9
Tolu Grey·May 9, 2025A Different Kind of Industrialisation May Be Taking Shape in NigeriaNigeria’s economy is growing without factories. Is this still industrialisation or just a new way of staying poor?A response icon29A response icon29
