Adétikopé is more than a Togo industrial zone; it is a transferable model. Ironu extracts the framework, second-order effects and which assumptions travel.
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Intellectual
Cabo Verde’s EllaLink cable service — strategic model why it matters across the region
Cabo Verde is turning position and one fibre route into a digital-gateway model. The framework, its second-order effects, and where the assumptions break.
Guinea’s Souapiti hydropower launch — asset and corridor map the business case to test
Souapiti hydropower reached Guinea’s grid on 22 December 2020. The build-finance model beneath it, which assumptions travel, and the second-order risks to test.
AfCFTA Secretariat in Accra in Ghana — strategic model the business case for investors
The AfCFTA Secretariat opens in Accra. The real story is the framework it encodes: agglomeration as integration strategy, and where it could fail, August 2020.
Kandadji programme financing in Niger — strategic model — why it matters for investors
Kandadji bundles power, irrigation and water into one financed programme. Ironu examines the strategic model and whether it transfers across West Africa.
Benin’s Digital rural transformation — strategic model the business case for investors
Benin’s Digital Rural Transformation Project encodes a transferable three-layer model for francophone West Africa. Ironu tests which assumptions travel.
Guinea-Bissau’s Solar access programme — asset and corridor map for regional operators
Guinea-Bissau’s solar programme as a framework: the de-risking logic, what transfers to other WAEMU markets, and the assumption most likely to fail elsewhere.
Electricity modernisation in The Gambia — asset and corridor map what the numbers mean
The Gambia’s electricity modernisation is less a set of assets than a transferable model. Which parts of its chain-based grid framework travel?
Albatros power plant in Mali — asset and corridor map why it matters across the region
Ironu extracts the framework behind the ~90 MW Albatros IPP near Bamako: why the private-power model fits the Sahel, its second-order effects and its limits.