“A clever leader must do enough to leave room for peaceful change to happen.”
In this episode of Tomorrow, Uzoma Dozie sits down with Atedo Peterside CON, Founder of Stanbic IBTC PLC, Founder and President of Anap Foundation, and Founder and Chairman of Anap Business Jets, to examine what truly creates the perfect environment for national, human, and economic development.
This conversation reframes “environment” beyond climate or nature, focusing instead on the governance, institutional, and socio-economic systems required for innovation to thrive. Drawing from Nigeria’s experience, Atedo highlights the relative successes of the telecommunications and financial services sectors, while contrasting them with systemic failures in infrastructure, policy execution, and long-term public investment.
The episode explores how today’s environment has constrained youth innovation and social mobility compared to the opportunities available in Nigeria from the 1960s to the 1980s. Atedo makes the case for serious investment in education, a return to merit-based systems, and institutional reform as prerequisites for sustainable growth.
The discussion goes deep into governance, state capture, economic inequality, and leadership responsibility, offering a clear-eyed assessment of what must change to build a more functional and inclusive Nigeria and what happens if it doesn’t.
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