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Nigeria’s Oil Curse Could Become an Opportunity
Its output was never big enough to spark a Middle East-style economic miracle. That gives renewable power an opening.
Fishermen cast their net in crude oil-polluted waters in Goi, Nigeria.
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Third in a four-part series on oil-dependent economies and their transition to a zero-carbon future. Read part one on Saudi Arabia here, part two on Russia here, and part four on Canada here.
Oil can be both a blessing and a curse. In Nigeria, it has mostly been the latter.