When Nigeria embarked on economic liberalisation in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the telecommunications industry emerged as the flagship of reform. Within a decade, mobile penetration soared from under one percent to more than 87 percent, transforming commerce, finance and social interaction.
Yet, two decades on, attempts to replicate that success in the electricity sector have faltered, leaving Africa’s largest economy mired in chronic blackouts, diesel reliance, and irregular power supply.
The paradox has become starker as successive
