Professor Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu OON served as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from 2009 to 2014. As Deputy Governor, he led the implementation of reforms that stabilised Nigeria’s banking sector after the global financial crisis as well as spearheading payment sector reforms such as the introduction of the Bank Verification Number (BVN). He was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank of Nigeria (NEXIM Bank).
He previously worked extensively in the United Nations system. After his tenure at the CBN he was appointed Professor of Practice in International Business and Public Policy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in Boston, USA. He is also the founder of Sogato Strategies LLC, a global strategy and risk consultancy in Washington DC.
He was the presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Nigeria’s 2019 general elections, but subsequently quit partisan politics and returned to professional life. Prof. Moghalu is the author of ‘Emerging Africa: How the Global Economy’s Last Frontier Can Prosper and Matter’ amongst several other books and articles.
In this episode, Prof Muoghalu and I discuss his upbringing, the Civil War, the economic challenges Nigeria faces, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the Rwandan Genocide and a myriad of other issues.
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EPISODE LINKS
‘Emerging Africa: How the Global Economy’s Last Frontier Can Prosper and Matter’ [ Ссылка ]
‘Rwanda's Genocide: The Politics of Global Justice’ [ Ссылка ]
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
00:41 Upbringing
05:39 The Nigerian Civil War
18:10 Restructuring
25:30 Economic Transformation
28:30 Regionalism
36:51 Education
42:44 Blaming the ‘White Man’/Dependency Theory
46:40 Strategies
50:23 Exchange Rate Fluctuations
56:19 Godwin Emefiele
1:00:00 Insecurity
1:03:03 Multipolarity
1:07:33 War in Ukraine
1:09:17 War in Gaza
1:10:53 Realism
1:16:51 South Africa’s ICJ Case
1:18:39 The Rwandan Genocide and Kagame
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