Frontier Matters

We sat down with Iré Hassan-Odukale, one half of the founding duo of the 2 Michelin Star Ikoyi restaurant in London to discuss the current globalisation of Nigerian food from the point of view of someone who was one of the pioneers of that wave. We also talked about plantain and a few other things. And we managed to get an exclusive out of him towards the end of the podcast. We hope you enjoy the...

We sat down with Judd Devermont for a wide ranging discussion on his writings on US- Africa relations and what the future holds under a very different US President now in the White House. Judd has a new Substack out called Post Strategy. He recently published a really fascinating analysis on how the Oval Office drives US Africa strategy. I won’t spoil it for you but it’s a must read below: We hope...

This conversation was originally recorded in 2017 on my Aguntasolo Unaccented podcast. I sat down with Dele Olojede to discuss his Pulitzer Prize, his long career in journalism in Nigeria and around the world, the murder of Dele Giwa in 1986, his experience with setting up and running Next Newspapers in Nigeria and his love of wine. You will not find some of the things he said in this podcast anyw...

Thank you to everyone who tuned in to our live video session yesterday discussing the impact of a reordering of global trade dynamics on Nigeria and Africa. The end segment where we discuss aid was not planned by either of us but it ended up being a useful discussion, I think. If you missed it, here’s the recording of the session. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...

We are still reading Capitalism in the Colonies as evident in the 3 reviews published so far. But there are some broader themes that don’t really fit into a chapter by chapter discussion that we wanted to talk about. So we got together to try out a podcast. The main talking point was an exploration of the relationship and distinction between trade and markets, emphasising the historical context of...