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Zainab Usman
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In The Media
‘Let the Data Guide You’
Nigeria’s future will be determined by how well the country achieves sustained economic growth, diversification and transformation to become an industrialized and high-productivity economy.
By Zainab Usman
Published on Apr 21, 2023
About the Author
Zainab Usman
Former Director, Africa Program
Zainab Usman was a senior fellow and the inaugural director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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