The UN’s plan to close UNAIDS by 2026 threatens to derail Africa’s HIV response. With Nigeria home to 1.9 million people living with HIV, experts warn of setbacks without the agency’s leadership.
Evidence also shows Nigeria is leading in startup activity: Lagos appears among the top African startup ecosystems globally, and the country hosts five out of seven African unicorns. These developments signal real momentum for job generation.
The fear of public speaking is common, rational and, with method, tractable. Treat it as a leadership challenge, not a private flaw. Reframe the arousal, steady the body, rehearse the essentials, expose yourself to the work, and build rooms where clarity can win. Your organisation needs your voice. So do your ideas.
Promotion is never guaranteed, and it should not be. But when competent employees are repeatedly stalled for reasons unrelated to their capability, both individuals and institutions lose. Recognising and addressing the hidden triggers that hinder advancement is not simply an act of fairness; it is a matter of organisational survival.
Management tension is not an anomaly to be eradicated but a constant to be managed. The question is whether organisations allow it to corrode culture or channel it into productive balance.
The workplace of the future will be defined by how organisations manage the quiet pressures borne by their leaders.
Comparing Nigeria with China and India reveals how different histories, institutions, and economic structures produce distinct workplace cultures — and how common challenges, such as overwork, precarity, and low well-being, are taking new forms across the global South.
