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Privatisation will require a much more customer-friendly approach from Nigeria's electricity distribution companies

It is no surprise that Nigeria's largest electricity supplier has proven the most popular of the companies on offer in the ongoing privatisation process

Nestled in the heart of the government area of Lagos is Southern Sun Ikoyi, part of Africa's leading hotel group, Tsogo Sun

Nigeria's commercial capital is set to convert it into a leading emerging economy

CEO Mike Uzoigwe calls for more foreign and domestic investment at Egbin Power Plant to help develop Nigeria's virgin market

Private-sector participation is crucial to building a power sector that can unleash the economy's full potential

Setting tariffs that provide electricity at the lowest cost to consumers, while bringing in decent returns for the industry and encouraging new investment can be a tricky balancing act

The government is drawing a roadmap to ensure a steady power supply in the future. The privatisation of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria means its entities are increasingly private sector oriented and open to international investors

You take a country in which agriculture is the primary economic activity, that is home to 20 per cent of Africa's total population and that has doubled its GDP over the past 13 years to grow at a current rate of 7.4 per cent, and most people would expect to find a market of hungry consumers of staple foods and whatever processed products can be made from them

'Cadastrophic' might be the word that best describes the state of Nigeria's mining sector up to 2006, when the government then in office assumed responsibility for regulating, supervising and facilitating the activity, as well as for cleaning up the mess left over from decades of neglect and indifference