Unemployment is a key policy challenge in Nigeria. Given that traditional sectors—such as manufacturing—can no longer sustain economic development and generate sufficient job opportunities, attention is shifting toward alternative sectors that can support growth. Aloysius Uche Ordu and co-authors examine these “industries without smokestacks” and their impact on the country’s economy.

Transforming education systems is a complex process, and scaling this process requires concerted and collaborative action by multiple actors at all levels of the system. Molly Curtiss Wyss, Maya Elliott, Jenny Perlman Robinson, and Ghulam Omar Qargha outline findings and recommendations from our Center on Universal Education’s Real-Time Scaling Labs.