The Conversation

MTN Nigeria has been hit with a giant fine for failing to comply with the country’s regulations. Reuters/George Esiri

Do Nigeria’s big corporate fines signal the end of ‘anything goes’ in Africa?

Kenneth Amaeshi, The University of Edinburgh

Nigeria has imposed massive fines on two large multinational corporations. The fines have one thing in common – the seeming lackadaisical attitude to regulation and regulators.

The Angolan government failed to use revenues when the oil price was high to tackle massive social and economic challenges. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Why Luanda’s residents are asking: where did all the oil riches go?

Claudia Gastrow, University of the Witwatersrand

As the oil price crisis deepens, Angolans are beginning to ask what actually happened to the glut of oil dollars. Very little has come from the oil boom of 2004-14.