International Involvement in the African Nuclear Market
African countries want to become major competitors in the global economy.
No Mine is an Island: Shared Infrastructure for Social Benefit in the African Extractives Industry
The quality and availability of transport and other critical infrastructure has been a major
barrier to the development of world-class mineral deposits in Africa.
Efficacy of COVID-19 Macro-economic Policy Responses in Uganda
COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented economic and health shock in Uganda, as has been the case globally.
Nuclear disarmament: What the world can learn from Africa
On 22 January 2021, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (the Ban Treaty) entered into force.
Cameroon’s Separatist War: Anglophone Grievances and its Diaspora
The population of the two English-speaking regions (formerly British Southern Cameroons) makes up about one-fifth of the total population of Cameroon, constituting a sizeable minority in the country’s estimated 28.5 million people.
How Zambia and China Co-Created a Debt ‘Tragedy of the Commons’
Zambia is a clear outlier among African borrowers for its high level of Chinese loan commitments relative to its economy and its outstanding debt. What explains this exceptionalism?
Assessing the Implications of the APRM’s Expanded Mandate
The core mandate of the AU’s African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) – initiated in 2002 and established in 2003 – is ‘to foster the adoption of policies, standards and practices leading to political stability, high economic growth, sustainable development and accelerated regional and continental economic integration’.
Russia’s efforts to promote cyber norms that serve its interests gain traction in Africa
A proposal by Russia that the United Nations should consider a global cybercrime treaty has been adopted with the support of 30 African countries, raising concerns that Moscow’s known preference for state cyber sovereignty will prevail in ways that give countries regulatory freedom to stifle political opposition or citizen dissent.
Lessons for Africa in Chinese SOE Governance
China’s state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector is vast and diverse. There are more SOEs in China than companies of all kinds in most African countries, and China’s state sector produces more and has grown faster than sub-Saharan Africa’s entire economy.
The BRICS’ lagging vaccine diplomacy
The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the BRICS countries’ collective strength, and found them largely wanting. The bloc has therefore missed a chance to bolster its advocacy of international governance reform, and casts doubt on its fitness for purpose in responding to critical global challenges.