Lagos, Nigeria – Like 2022, 2023 was a year full of high-stakes geopolitical drama and economic crises that sometimes seemed like an escalation of existing issues of previous years.
New conflicts – internal and external – emerged and a series of flawed elections opened the door for the military to extend the trend of coups into another year.
The disruption in the supply chain brought about by the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine continued to bite. Climate disasters have become more acute. But in all these, African governments stepped up to chart…