尼日利亚的贫富差距

So what are we to make of Nigeria's recent progress? On the one hand, figures this year show that Africa's most populous nation is now its richest, with sustained growth in its GDP, much of it from the burgeoning oil sector. In cities like Lagos it's now common to see lavish sports cars and the latest SUVs depositing affluent citizens into some of the continent's most expensive restaurants. On the other hand, it is a country where desperate poverty still persists. The majority live on just one or two dollars a day, and despite the boom figures show that poverty doesn't seem to be getting much better for them. Indeed, some say the glaring inequality has fuelled the Islamist insurgency that's plaguing the north of the country. People there feel particularly excluded from the wealth in the south it's claimed. So what hope is there that this might change?

We're not building for an immediate profit. We're building for a future profit as well as jobs created, and realisation that this is our country and we have to build the future of the country ourselves.

But the fact remains that money has been coming into Nigeria from the oil industry for decades, hundreds of billions of dollars worth. And it's all got into the hands of a few people. Why is it gonna be any different now?

What's different now is the level of private indigenous involvement, investment, education, awareness; Nigerians who are willing to make long-term investments. Those are two of the key ingredients you need. Nigeria changes very quickly.