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Aerial view of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. The city recently reopened it's national theater.

Two very interesting things have happened this week north of the equator on my favorite continent. In Nigeria, states and local government areas (LGA) have been given authorization to distribute and produce electricity. In Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, the national theater has reopened after being closed for nearly 20 years.

For Nigeria, this looks like the beginning of the end of several power outages in a day, which, despite it's steady economic growth in the past decade, has pretty much crippled it's full economic potential. In Mogadishu, notorious for being a failed city in a failed nation, maybe this marks a cultural revival (theater culture, that is). Looks like in both countries, a lot more open signs will be up.