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		<title>In Nigeria, Why Isn&#8217;t Broadband Everywhere?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ibadan, Nigeria, Bolaji Adeniyi holds court in a tie-dyed T-shirt. “In Nigeria we see farms as father’s work,” he says. Adeniyi’s father taught him to farm with a hoe and a machete, which he calls a cutlass. These days, he says, farming in Nigeria can look quite different, depending on whether the farmer has access &#8230; <a href="https://lucaslaursen.com/in-nigeria-why-isnt-broadband-everywhere/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">In Nigeria, Why Isn&#8217;t Broadband Everywhere?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Engineer Who Secured Nigeria’s Democracy</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In October 2000, when electrical engineer Steve A. Adeshina joined Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as director of information and communication technology, the country had just held its first successful democratic general elections in 17 years. The 1999 elections were generally peaceful, if not entirely reliable, according to independent observers. They were also technologically old-school: “When I arrived, &#8230; <a href="https://lucaslaursen.com/the-engineer-who-secured-nigerias-democracy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Engineer Who Secured Nigeria’s Democracy</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rules, Not Renewables, Might Explain the Iberian Blackout</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 18 JUNE 2025:&#160;Spain’s Council of Ministers yesterday released&#160;preliminary findings and recommendations&#160;based on its ongoing inquiry into the 28 April 2025 Iberian blackout. The findings note some unusual voltage oscillations across the grid in both the days preceding and during the morning of the blackout. Stabilizing the oscillations following normal rules caused a slightly higher-than-usual &#8230; <a href="https://lucaslaursen.com/rules-not-renewables-might-explain-the-iberian-blackout/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Rules, Not Renewables, Might Explain the Iberian Blackout</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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