Estimating the Economic Impact of Chinese BRI Investment in Africa
China’s investment in African infrastructure as part of its Belt and Road Initiative has proven to be both transformative and controversial. While investment projects are helping Africa to close its infrastructure gap, they have also raised fears of runaway debt levels.
The Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty: An African Perspective
This policy insight examines the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW, also known as the Ban Treaty) from an African perspective.
This youth month let’s reimagine our future
Every year on 16 June, South Africa celebrates Youth Day, honouring the student and youth uprisings that profoundly changed the socio-political landscape of South Africa. Celebrating this day gives us the opportunity to look back, to remember where we have come from and what we have been fighting for.
Developments in Paperless Trade: Implications for Zambia’s Small-Scale Cross-Border Traders
The Trade Facilitation Agreement is an important regulatory framework designed to promote efficiency and predictability in international trade, specifically with respect to the clearance, release and movement of goods.
Can Kinshasa’s changing relations mark a new chapter for eastern DRC?
Since President Tshisekedi took office in 2019, the Congo’s relations with key neighbours have changed significantly.
Africa’s Restoration Economy: Insights from South Africa’s Wetlands
Across Africa, people are looking for hope, opportunity and security in the face of growing threats to society and the natural resource base on which we all depend.
G7 summit: SA can help strengthen climate diplomacy
South Africa could be part of a global collective strategy to retire coal within developing economies. SA, together with India, South Korea and Australia, will be a guest at the G7 Leaders’ Summit this week.
100 Seconds to Midnight: What Could be Done to Bolster Nuclear Disarmament Globally?
This policy briefing assesses the current state of global nuclear disarmament against the background of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ adjusting its Doomsday Clock to 100 seconds to midnight on 23 January 2020, as well as the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Agriculture and COVID-19: How the Pandemic Will (re)Shape Food Markets
The COVID-19 pandemic has put the global food system under sustained pressure and has triggered various policy responses to manage both supply and demand.
Beyond post–genocide Rwanda
Beyond post–genocide Rwanda Michela Wrong’s latest book, ‘Do Not Disturb, the Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad’, is the story of just how far President Paul Kagame will go to control Rwanda’s postgenocide image and why it must be protected at all costs