How do Chinese Contractors Perform in Africa? Evidence from World Bank Projects
Chinese construction firms are building African infrastructure and have been winning large percentages of World Bank contracts in Africa.
Future of the African Peer Review Mechanism hangs in the balance
On 29 January 2016, a group of Africa’s Heads of State and Government met in Addis Ababa to determine the fate of one of the AU’s most daring initiatives. At stake was the future relevance of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).
The AU 2016 summit can only renew the opportunity in Agenda 2063 if…
The African Union (AU) is convening its January 2016 summit under the guiding theme: ‘African year of human rights with a particular focus on the rights of Women’. Notwithstanding the themes, which in part focus the deliberations at the Summit, the headlines and the pressing issues facing the continent will always steal the thunder from these lofty themes. This current summit is no different.
Higher Education Failing to Give Africa’s Youth a Pass
Events globally, across Africa, and in South Africa – urban riots in France in 2005 and Britain in 2011, the ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings, student protests in South Africa last year – have thrust the youth into the centre of political attention.
The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Investment: A Panacea for the Promotion of Investment Act?
On 19 January President Jacob Zuma announced the establishment of an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Investment. This took some in the investment community by surprise, despite the President’s reference in his 2015 State of the Nation Address to the future establishment of a government clearing house for investment.
Property and Prosperity: Reforming Landholding in Africa
How Africans access – or ‘own’ – their landholdings is a matter of profound importance for the continent’s future.
Media Training for Africa: Is China Exporting its Journalism?
As part of its growing engagement in the African media sector, China leads training courses for African journalists.
How Chinese Money is Transforming Africa: It’s Not What You Think
When, why, and how are Chinese banks really financing African development? This policy brief presents CARI researchers’ analysis of Chinese loans in Africa, drawing from data collected and cleaned by CARI since 2007.
Learning From China?Manufacturing, Investment, and Technology Transfer in Nigeria
As China’s economic boom has boosted domestic growth and income, higher wage costs are moving an increasing number of Chinese firms overseas.
Creating a Market for Skills Transfer: A Case Study of AVIC International
Despite the rapid expansion of Chinese investment in Africa in the past two decades, Chinese companies operating in Africa have often been accused of not
doing enough to encourage local skills development and technology transfer.