Victoria Thomas

In a warehouse off Town Planning Way in Ilupeju, a distributor moves 40,000 cartons of fast-moving consumer goods across 36 states every month. He cannot show you a strategic plan. What he can show you is a WhatsApp group with 1,200 sub-distributors, a le... See more

In a quiet Lagos boardroom, a managing director stares at a spreadsheet. The numbers show a 30% corporate income tax rate—unchanged for years. Yet his pulse quickens. Not because of the tax itself, but because of a rumour, unconfirmed but persistent, that... See more

When a Lagos-based agri-processor shelves a ₦2.8 billion expansion, the 30% corporate income tax rate is almost never the real reason. The decision usually traces back to a single circular from the Nigeria Customs Service that reclassifies imported proces... See more

How Nollywood’s Script Pipeline Solves a Production Problem Lagos Ad Agencies Still Struggle With Walk into a production office in Surulere or Festac and you will find something that looks like chaos but runs like a system. A producer — often the same per... See more

Walk into any boardroom in Lagos, Nairobi, or Johannesburg and you’ll hear the same grumble: taxes are too high. It’s a fair complaint. Corporate income tax, VAT, and a dozen other levies chip away at margins. But sit down with the people who actually sig... See more