In the 1960s and 70s, cocoa, oil palm, and groundnut were Nigeria's main drivers of economic growth and development.
But the discovery of crude oil at Oloibiri in present-day Bayelsa State, a few years to Nigeria’s independence, changed Nigeria’s cocoa and oil palm narratives, prompting the c
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
