Japan and China’s Summit Competition in Africa
Japan and China play a dual role in Africa. Firstly, they both have direct relationships with Africa, as two of the continent’s most important development partners.
Cybercrime and data privacy: How Africa can up its game
Africa is the fastest-growing continent when it comes to internet penetration.
Marine and coastal EbA for enhanced resilience in Southern Africa country review: Tanzania
Tanzania’s coastal zone is home to approximately 10 million people, many of whom are highly dependent on coastal and marine resources, and the ecosystem services they provide.
G20 compact with Africa: Consolidating and accelerating Rwanda’s transformation agenda
Rwanda harnessed the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) initiative as a framework to accelerate and consolidate its economic transformation agenda in line with the country’s Vision 2050.
Africa and Europe: Cyber governance lessons
This Policy Insights examines the lessons the AU can learn from the EU in the area of cyber governance.
G20 compact with Africa: The case of Ghana
Ghana’s participation in the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) indicates its strong appetite for reforms, seeing as its reform commitments were already reform actions under its International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Credit Facility Programme.
G20 compact with Africa: No reformers, no compact – The Zimbabwean case study
As a reform strategy, the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) framework has the potential to support Zimbabwe’s economic transformation agenda.
Digitalising democracy in SADC: Insights from 2019 elections
This policy insight explores the worldwide phenomenon of the digitalisation of democracy, in the context of recently conducted elections in four SADC member countries – South Africa, Malawi, Botswana and Mozambique.
African Military Aircraft Procurement from China: A Case Study from Zambia
Why do developing countries want to expand their air force, and why would Chinese arms suppliers be preferred?
‘Africa’s China’: Chinese Manufacturing Investment in Nigeria in the Post-Oil Boom Era and Channels for Technology Transfer
Nigeria is a primary destination for small and medium-sized Chinese investments in manufacturing. These investments have the potential to foster technology transfer that can contribute to industrialization and structural transformation.