AU-EU partnership to promote sustainable energy transitions
The EU Commission has made carbon neutrality its new flagship project. Cooperation on climate change is also becoming increasingly central in the EU’s partnership with African countries.
Promoting private financing for sustainable energy in Africa: The role of the Africa energy guarantee facility
The AU-EU partnership has evolved over the past few years. In line with the global development agenda, the EU has placed climate change and environmental sustainability at the heart of its development policies.
Can Africa’s contested energy futures create opportunities for enhancing African-European relations?
The challenge of defining African energy futures gains complexity as local politics interact with geopolitical powers and global climate change concerns.
Nuclear energy and techno-nationalism in Egypt
Egypt’s plans to build a nuclear power plant in Dabaa (a city on the Mediterranean Sea), in agreement with Russia’s ROSATOM, are underway.
How to make the UN relevant again: Pursue a fresh approach to climate change
As the United Nations celebrates 75 years of championing safety and security, social welfare, refugee rights, and more, it risks seeing all this work undone by one issue — climate change.
South Africa’s trade policy post COVID-19
This decade got off to a challenging start with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting all aspects of life in South Africa.
Peace in the Great Lakes region: Time for a regional approach
The countries of the Great Lakes region face the possibility of rising regional tensions which could lead to renewed violence.
Rest in power, George Bizos
“Everyone knows what xenophobia is. The word often appears in the headlines of the print and electronic media. Hardly anyone uses the word Xenophilia. The words are derived from the word Xenos in Greek. It means stranger, visitor or guest. Everyone knows what Phobia means. Philia means friendship as used in the word philanthropy. I would urge the adoption of a new aphorism: Yes to xenophilia and no to xenophobia.”
Q&A with Elizabeth Sidiropoulos: Insurgency in Mozambique
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor told parliament last week that SA is waiting for a lead from Maputo before acting on the insurgency in Mozambique. Chris Barron of The Sunday Times asked Elizabeth Sidiropoulos for her take:
4IR and water-smart agriculture in Southern Africa: A watch list of key technological advances
This paper considers the relevance of the recent wave of technological advances – so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies – for the agricultural sector in drought-prone countries of Southern Africa.