Chuba Ezekwesili
Co-Founder, Akanka
Bio
Chuba is an Economist, Data analyst, and the co-founder of Future Africa - which invests in African startups
Columns - 27 JUN 2018
Time Lags: Consequences can be delayed but not denied
Time Lags deceive us into thinking that consequences don't exist when they compound over time
Columns - 05 JUN 2017
EFCC and How Information can Backfire
Salient information drives human behaviour and this has implications for public policy.
Columns - 03 APR 2017
No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
Free goods & services come with hidden costs and unintended consequences.
Columns - 01 MAR 2017
Counterfactual Thinking: Nigeria's Voter Regret
Would Nigeria be better off if Goodluck Jonathan were president? Can counterfactuals answer such questions?
Columns - 25 JAN 2017
You've been framed: Why Narratives Matter
We tend not to respond to things as they are but as they are framed to be.
Economy - 29 NOV 2015
Impact of lower signalling costs on social and economic interactions
What happens to social and economic interaction when the cost of signalling gets lowered?
Economy - 28 SEP 2015
What Nigeria’s missing rape data means for policy and accountability
Discovering the reason behind the absence of data can be significant.
Other - 15 SEP 2015
Why authority bias hinders Nigeria’s decisions and how questioning drives better outcomes
Why the Authority Bias is detrimental and how questioning can help mitigate its effects.
Columns - 31 AUG 2015
Why action bias explains Nigeria’s slow policy implementation under Buhari
In decision-making, the action bias calls for action to be taken, even when it might be detrimental.
Columns - 06 AUG 2015
Incentives: Some Things Money Can't Buy
Understanding how non-monetary incentives can sometimes get you better results.
Columns - 03 AUG 2015
The Statistical Errors That Explain Our Behaviour
Nigeria too often falls prey to Type II errors - failing to believe a pattern is real when it actually is.
Other - 28 JUL 2015
Essential behavioural criteria for effective lawmaking
For a law to be effective, it has to fulfil two essential behavioural criteria.
Other - 28 JUL 2015
Understanding confirmation bias in information processing
People tend to ignore information that challenges their views and emphasize that which confirms them.