Nigeria Is Going Nuclear — And It Could Change Everything for Africa

𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. In this episode of NBP Hotseat, host Ibrahim Abubu sits down with Mr. Awwal Bisallah, Head of International Cooperation at the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC), for a powerful conversation about Nigeria's nuclear ambitions and what it means for Africa's clean energy future. 🔍 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫: Why this decade is the right time for Nigeria to accelerate its nuclear program The role nuclear energy can play in Africa's low-carbon future Why international collaboration is critical for newcomer nuclear nations Nigeria's historic hosting of the African Nuclear Business Platform 2026 in Abuja The message for global leaders considering attending this landmark event 💡 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: Africa is the least greenhouse gas-emitting continent in the world — yet suffers the most from climate change. Nuclear energy offers a clean, reliable, and long-term affordable path forward that Africa cannot afford to ignore. 📅 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐍𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: Nigeria will be hosting this landmark event in Abuja, bringing together decision makers, investors, technology vendors and energy leaders from across Africa and the globe to shape the continent's nuclear future. 👤 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭: Mr. Awwal Bisallah — Head of International Cooperation, Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) 🎙️ 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭: Ibrahim Ababou — Director of Africa, NBP 🔔 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄, 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐄 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑵𝑬𝑪𝑻 𝑾𝑰𝑻𝑯 𝑵𝑼𝑪𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑹 𝑩𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑺 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑴: 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 - https://www.nuclearbusiness-platform.... 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 -   / nuclearbusinessplatform   𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐍 -   / nuclear-business-platform   𝐗 - https://x.com/Nuclear_BP 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 -   / nuclearbusinessplatform   📩 Email: [email protected]