TCMP — Independent journalism and creative storytelling that elevates African voices in the UK, Nigeria, and global diaspora.
TCMP — Independent journalism and creative storytelling that elevates African voices in the UK, Nigeria, and global diaspora.
By Ola Aina Ekiti is turning one of Yoruba cuisine’s most enduring traditions into an ambitious global cultural project. Through the World Iyan Carnival, organisers are targeting a Guinness World Record for the largest Iyan pyramid, while linking the celebration to yam cultivation, tourism, heritage preservation and the wider possibilities of Nigeria’s cultural economy. When Tradition Becomes…
Why Africa’s push to process its own resources is becoming a question not only of development, but of power By Ola Aina For a decade, Dr Akinwumi Adesina stood at the centre of one of Africa’s most consequential economic debates: who truly benefits from the continent’s natural wealth? As President of the African Development Bank from 2015 to 2025, Adesina advanced…
Can Four Leading Cocoa Producers Rewrite the Rules of Global Trade? By Ola Aina Africa produces more than 70 per cent of the world’s cocoa, giving the continent a dominant position in one of the world’s most important agricultural commodities. Despite this overwhelming role as the primary source of cocoa beans, the countries that produce them…