Blockchain in the Mining Industry: Implications for sustainable development in Africa
Distributed ledger technologies (DLT) enable the creation of digital databases stored across multiple locations.
Export, Employment, or Productivity? Chinese Investments in Ethiopia’s Leather and Leather Product Sectors
This paper focuses on Chinese investment in Ethiopia’s leather sector and its impact on local development.
The Blind Spot: International Mining in Angoche and Larde, Mozambique
By comparing Chinese and Irish companies in their respective dealings with local civil societies and communities, this study probes the social impacts of heavy sand mining by international companies in Mozambique.
Old flag debate is a symptom of a deeper malaise
It has taken South Africa 25 years to put its foot down on the display of the apartheid flag.
Enhancing Resilience through Marine and Coastal Ecosystem-based Adaptation
African countries safeguard many of the world’s planetary boundaries and healthy ecosystems. However, despite the recognition of their value, the modification and degradation of crucial habitats such as coral reefs, mangrove forests and coastal wetlands continue unabated.
Synchronicity for Africa and the G7
Engagement with Africa requires facing up to inequalities that erode growth and development. We call for a harmonised approach for deeper, more fruitful cooperation between the G7 and this vast continent.
Marine and Coastal Ecosystem-based Adaptation for enhanced resilience in Southern Africa
While the importance of marine and coastal ecosystems is increasingly recognised globally, Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) has not really gained widespread traction among all stakeholder groupings and in climate change policies, and is yet to be fully integrated.
G20: Where are leaders when you need them?
The G20 sees its role as providing a rudder guiding the global economy through choppy seas.
How Africa measures up on governance
Data on governance, like any other official statistics, are a public good and should be accessible to all. Otherwise, the true scale of violence, exclusion, and discrimination will remain hidden, and the potential of carefully collected information to improve life for ordinary citizens will not be fully realised.
Women, Power & Policy Making
In celebration of Women’s Month in August 2019, the Africa Portal is releasing a number of outputs as part of its thematic series for the year focused on ‘Women, Power and Policy Making’.