Sunday, April 22, 2018

Havard Business - The Nigerian Case Study


Harvard Business School, General Manangement Program; Leaders Incentives and Development

Nigeria - Faith in the Balance


Case Study:
Africa is growing; Seven of the ten fastest gowing economies in the world are in Africa, and the continent's largest economies are becoming less dependendent on extractive commodities. The continent's rising middle class has demostrated a tastefor consumer goods and technological innovation and Africa's population - currently more thana billion people- is booming
and overwhelmingy young at a time when population in other regions are shrinking and ageing.

Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa's largesteconomy epitomimizes both the promise and the problems the continent faces in the 21st century. The country had failed to thrive for its first therty years as an independent nation, despite having a developmental head start relative to countries
like China and India, as well as hundreds of billions of dollas in oil revenue.

Now after pathbreaking reforms followed by signs of retrenchment, Nigerias new president faced both vast opportunity and grave challenges.
Would the county flourish or founder in this new era?
Let's analyze key reforms in Nigerias economy, significant political developments and other choices facing the countrys fast-growing private sector.

1 Why did Nigeria fail to thrive between 1960 and 1999, particularly relative to China and India?
2 How would you characterize former president Obasanjos legacy?
3(a) Are you bullish or bearish on the next fifteen years for Nigeria?
  3(b) What would make you change your mind?
  3(c) What opportunities do you see?
  3(d) What ae the challenges (and risks)?

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