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Bimbola Oyesola

Bimbola Oyesola

oritokeoyee@gmail.com

last wrote for D+C/E+Z in spring of 2023 as a Lagos-based journalist.

All articles of Bimbola Oyesola

Private education
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

Why Nigerians have little faith in government-run schools

Disappointed in government-funded education, even poor parents increasingly opt for private schools

Personal experiences
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola
Rukamanee Maharjan

Covid-19 impacts worldwide

D+C/E+Z contributors from very different countries share their personal experiences on the Corona pandemic

Climate crisis
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

Extreme heat endangers health

Nigeria is facing extreme heat – people have to adjust their lifestyle

Traditional health care
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

Escaping the curse of childlessness

Traditional approaches to overcoming infertility in Nigeria

Hintegrund
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

Be fruitful and multiply

In Nigeria childless couples face ostracism – and women suffer in particular Webheadline: Infertility is a human -rights issue

Women’s empowerment
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

Double burden of household work and earning money

As in many developing countries, masses of women are slaving away in Nigeria’s informal sector

E-commerce
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

Africa’s Amazon

The Nigerian e-commerce platform Jumia has been making a difference in consumers’ lives for nine years

Urban infrastructure
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

Urban headaches

Lagos – a city of dreams and nightmares

Gender policies
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

The odds against women

Nigerian trade unions promote gender justice, though not with much bite

Development and the arts
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

Novelist, activist, martyr

The lasting legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa in Nigeria

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Debt situation is escalating in many developing countries
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Disagreement between China and the Paris Club
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Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Vocational education for girls in Uganda

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

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Overview gender equality
Digitalising bride price payments
Encouraging women to profit from e-commerce in Africa

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

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Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

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Join us to discuss global development
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Germany values respect, reciprocity and alliances
The rich countries practice waste colonialism