The ‘New Geopolitics’ of Mineral Supply Chains: A Window of Opportunity for African Countries
The transitions in global mobility, digitalisation and other sectors may require different minerals as future technologies develop.
New Trends in Chinese Infrastructure Lending to Africa
The majority of Chinese financing is in the form of loans, the rapid increase in financing has also added to debt loads across the Global South.
The Private Sector in Oceans Governance: From Talk to Action
There has been much talk of involving
the private sector more meaningfully in
ocean governance.
Africa’s Governance Trajectory: Are AU Mechanisms Working?
Since its transformation from the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 2002, the African Union (AU) has placed significant emphasis on ensuring good governance.
SADC Futures of Green Industrialisation: A Call for an Alternative Paradigm?
While SADC has strategies and policies in place related to green economies and industrialisation, it lacks a wider strategy that effectively addresses transformative regenerative approaches.
Taking Gender Mainstreaming Seriously in Climate Finance
Mainstreaming gender in climate finance should begin with a clear understanding of the gender and climate change nexus and the concepts underlying it.
Resolution 1540 and the African Continental Free Trade Area: Policy Options to Strengthen Non-Proliferation Controls and Secure Trade
The issue of illicit cross-border trade has been a longstanding challenge, but the risks escalate when it involves the proliferation of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
Is #DIYAfrica the Future?
In the civic-driven approach, civic actors can identify and develop solutions for development gaps in their own communities and sectors of interest.
Using Africa’s Precious Civic Innovation Capacity to be Bee-Watcher-Watchering
It is important to have funding which supports local, contextualised priorities in civic tech, not just democracy and governance.
Societal Transformation Through Long-term Decarbonisation and Climate-Resilience Planning
Governments have the flexibility to define climate action according to their own circumstances, capabilities, level of preparation, resources, and development priorities.