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Infrastructure – Lagos Lekki Corridor

Lagos State Government is building on the success of its towering infrastructure of its state, by yesterday signing the agreement for the development of Lekki-Epe International Airport. Many consider this as a significant step towards expanding on the state’s already existing but mostly dated infrastructure. With the existing Muritala Muhammed International Airport having reached full capacity, […]

How will the New UK Government approach Infrastructure

In this article Tunde contributes alongside a few other infrastructure experts on how the new UK Labour government could approach infrastructure and why till date the UK haven’t been holistically successful. He proffers solutions for infrastructure efficacy and puts forward a few key recommendations. Link to Article: https://www.apm.org.uk/blog/how-will-the-new-government-approach-infrastructure/

UK Construction Industry: Lowest Representation of Women

Compared to other European states, the UK currently holds the lowest representation of women in the construction industry. With over 800,000 construction and building trades workers, less than 1% are women. That number rises to 18% only when you consider town planners, architects and surveyors. Several studies have unearthed reasons for this gross under- representation but […]

UK Rail Reforms: Choosing the Correct Fork in the Tracks – PPP Remains Resilient

Source: Welsh Parliament The new Labour Government’s decision to establish a shadow Great British Railways (GBR) that reverses the decentralised structure of the UK rail system under the present PPP structure into a unified one is a welcome development. Several reasons have made the proposed change inevitable, such as: Fragmentation of the British rail networks, […]

African Youths Need Infrastructure to Thrive

Having witnessed the current development in Nigeria, the spate of extrajudicial killings & human rights violations has reached an inflexion point. What young Nigerians are pushing for is a complete reform of the criminal justice system. But that cannot happen when unarmed civilians are being tortured and killed. If there is one thing Covid-19 has […]

Making Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) Work

Sustainable infrastructure is a moving target. For many developed economies, there is no end in sight for their infrastructural needs. In March 2020, the UK government announced that it will splurge £640bn on infrastructure over the next five years. Much of that money will be channelled into roads, railways, telecommunication infrastructure, schools and healthcare facilities. […]

Thinking Strategically

Strategic management. You’ve probably heard it a thousand times. It’s been a buzzword in the projectmanagement domain for years now. But this article’s aim is not to add to that pool. What does it mean to be strategic? As a budding project manager, the term “strategic management” flooded my mind with pictures of elaborate charts, […]