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Nigeria’s demand for wheat based foods is large and growing. The GON cassava flour import-substitution initiative is impacting U.S. wheat market share negatively but market share is expected to rebound as Nigeria and its neighboring countries continue to demand high quality wheat based food s [Read more]

Effective delegation is a skill which is often overlooked by busy managers who think that they already do this well enough. However during our training and workshops we discover that many managers have completely the wrong idea about what effective delegation actually is and the benefits that can be [Read more]

Uncertain Performance - Just how well is the Nigerian Economy performing? In the absence of a holistic report articulating the economic performance of Nigeria, no one could claim to know. There are only a lot of partial views on different aspects of the economy being expressed by different governmen [Read more]

New managers soon get the idea that sainthood would be easier than being a good leader. Making the transition from the frontline to management is one of the trickiest moves that anyone has to make. You immediately face various dilemmas, as a new member of the leadership fraternity: how do you leave [Read more]

Report Highlights: Nigeria remains a huge export market for wheat with export value of U.S. wheat averaging $1 billion, about 85 percent share of the wheat market. The high demand is mostly pressured by increasing  consumption of wheat flour - based products  and insufficient  domesti [Read more]

Report Highlights: Nigeria’s sugar refining capacity, estimated at 2.1 million tons, exceeds the country’s current total demand of 1.45 million tons. The country’s sugar refineries depend almost exclusively on brown sugar from Brazil at five percent duty. This situation has assiste [Read more]

Report Highlights: Nigeria is a huge export market for wheat and rice. High demand for wheat flour for the production of bread, noodles, pasta and biscuits (cookies) contributes to Nigeria’s wheat market worth approximately $1 billion in U.S. to Nigeria exports. Domestic wheat production is lo [Read more]

Abstract - Two puzzles are becoming striking from recent communiqués of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). First, growth, employment, household and business expenditure issues have completely crept out of policy deliberations, as concerns about fiscal an [Read more]

The importance of developing aspiring leaders - One of the most significant challenges faced by organisations is how to support and enable a smooth and seamless transition to team leadership roles. The technical skills and abilities that were critical to individuals in the past, contribute only 1 [Read more]

It is never a nice thing to dismiss people for poor performance or for transgressions of disciplinary rules. Many managers dread having “The Disciplinary Conversation” with a member of their team. They will: Ignore behavior Be in denial that there is an issue Take a small &ldqu [Read more]