Kanayo Ndubuaku

20/07/2025

While USAID has always been an instrument that serves the strategic interests of the United States, considering the enormous amount of commitment it has globally in terms of development assistance, seeking a donor to replace it would be a challenge.

Read the global health and foreign aid implications of the USAID funding freeze and the way forward

Looking at the Foreign Aid and Global Health Implications and the Way Forward.

20/06/2025

Over the years, footballers have gained celebrity status not just because of their playing abilities alone but because of their commercial appeal to attract fans to the stadium and earn money for the club.

While money still plays a pivotal role in football today, the passion for the game is still a major driver of the success recorded in the game.

Read my new post on capitalism and its impact on the round leather game.

Football from a historical materialistic lens and it's implications on the spirit of the game.

26/05/2025

With the recent withdrawal of the United States of America from several multilateral commitments, the article looks at how global solidarity and cooperation can be rebuilt in a divided world.

Renewing multilateralism with an integrated approach.

10/04/2025

The extractive economic model left behind by colonialism still affects the way modern corporations approach business in Africa.

For more than half a century, the Niger Delta region, a wetland which lines the Gulf of Guinea,has been home to numerous oil extraction from multinational foreign oil companies.

The article looks at the impact of environmental pollution and contamination while capturing efforts towards the remediation and restoration of the environment.

https://kanayo.substack.com/p/colonialism-and-the-pattern-of-resource?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5jr9y&triedRedirect=true

08/01/2025

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have experienced coups since 2020 which have suspended democratic rule and brought military authorities to power.

Threats to democracy are widespread today not because of civil wars, coups, or military aggression alone but because leaders with autocratic tendencies leverage democratic institutions—legislatures, media, elected officials, and the courts—to consolidate executive power.

Read how the civil society in Nigeria is combating democratic erosion and advocating reforms.

Combating democratic erosion and advocating reforms.

08/01/2025

From Ibadan, Abuja to Okija in Anambra State, an estimated number of 70 people have died in a stampede as they jostled to collect bags of rice for the Christmas celebration.

The article looks at what is causing acute hunger and food shortages and what can be done.

Combating food shortage requires behavioural change, collective responsibility and public awareness.

25/12/2024

Although climate change poses one of the greatest threats to the planet and the future of youths, young leaders are demonstrating the power of innovation and determination in addressing this global challenge.

Read how young people are leading the way forward with solutions

Building and maintaining agency, optimism, and resilience in the face of a polycrises.

08/10/2024

Overtime, Hip-hop has provided a platform for addressing social issues as musicians have often engaged in social commentary through their music.

These artists go as far as infusing creative devices, indigenous lingos, and slang to appeal to the cultural sensibilities of their homegrown fanbase.

I wrote about the hip-hop culture and social change in Nigeria.

https://kanayo.substack.com/p/hip-hop-addressing-social-issues

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30/09/2024

In the late nineteenth century, Pan-Africanism as an ideology was born in response to the economic exploitation of the African continent by European colonization.

https://kanayo.substack.com/p/pan-africanism-and-a-strong-united

18/05/2023

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In an attempt to address fraud and malpractice, Nigeria introduced the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and the INEC Result Viewing Portal, which veri...

28/04/2023

Renewable energy is helping rural communities access reliable, lower-cost energy.