Tanzania’s Transport Hub: What Prospects for Regional Trade and Local Economic Development?
This paper analyses investment in transport infrastructure in Tanzania, in terms of its ability to foster regional economic integration and drive sustainable economic growth that spills over into local communities.
A Regional Power in the Making: Ethiopian Diplomacy in the Horn of Africa
Ethiopia’s regional engagement and foreign policy is based on its Foreign Affairs and National Security Policy and Strategy (FANSPS), launched in 2002.
Harnessing Investment in Tanzania’s Agricultural Sector for Inclusive Growth: Where to from Here?
This paper unpacks Tanzania’s investment laws and their impact on the development of the country’s agricultural sector. It discusses current government-led policies and initiatives that aim to stimulate growth in Tanzania’s agricultural sector while improving the socio-economic conditions of smallholder farmers.
Climbing the Inclusion Ladder: Artisanal Gold Mining in Tanzania
This paper examines the artisanal gold mining sector as an important employer and potential revenue generator. It also explores the negative social and environmental externalities associated with the sector.
Dangerous slippage in the DRC
In 2016, one of the defining terms when it came to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) political situation was ‘le glissement’.
Integrated Community- And Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation
Global climate change is an unprecedented threat in human history; one that will unfold over a long timescale, unevenly, in a non-linear fashion, and unpredictably.
Policy considerations for e-commerce in South Africa and other African countries
South African organisations, particularly small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), can benefit from the local and international exposure that e-commerce affords.
Upscaling Climate-Smart Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
Climate change is threatening food systems and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Smallholder farmers are struggling to adapt to extreme weather events associated with climate variability and need substantial support to feed rapidly growing populations.
How Civic Technology Can Drive Accountability in South Africa
Despite the open data movement’s early momentum it has struggled to make an impact while transitioning from ‘civic hacking’ into mainstream society and governance.
Why China should keep its ivory trade ban in place indefinitely
It’s no exaggeration to say that African elephants are in grave danger. The forest elephant, native to Central Africa, is on the edge of extinction. Savanna elephants, in southern Africa, are being poached at a rate of roughly 27,000 a year.