Tag: Africa

FOCAC 9 and the Future of China-Africa Economic Relations

FOCAC 9 and the Future of China-Africa Economic Relations

The ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC 9) saw a landmark elevation of China-Africa relations to strategic partnerships. Key themes included trade, digitalization, green development and health care, with Chinese private enterprises playing a pivotal role in future investments. ...

October 16, 2024 / Ruihan Zhu, Yuxuan Liu
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A New Force in Addressing Global Security: The Emerging Role of Private Sector Actors

In mid-February, the world’s most influential policymakers, business leaders, journalists and activists descended on Munich from over 100 countries for the world’s leading security and defense confab, the Munich Security Conference. This year marked a special edition of the Conference, its 60th, offering a chance to reflect on its raison d'être of fostering peace through dialogue....

March 5, 2024 / Brad Staples
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The Imperative of Infrastructure Investment in Africa

A critical avenue for fostering economic prosperity and unleashing Africa’s market potential lies in substantial investments in infrastructure....

September 27, 2023 / Lauren Lund
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Nigeria Votes and the Race is Wide Open

The world should be paying more attention to Nigeria. A messy process, on the other hand, will likely feed regional instability; and West Africa is central enough to global trade and other currents that a failure of the process in Nigeria could have much wider ramifications....

February 15, 2023 / Nicholas Whyte
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Tunisia Votes, Ten Years After the Arab Spring

Voters of the North African state of Tunisia go to the polls in December 2022, ten years after the Arab Spring....

December 12, 2022 / Nicholas Whyte
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Africa Global Business Forum Highlights

On November 1-2, Dubai held a bi-annual two-day “Africa Global Business Forum” to explore new business opportunities between the Gulf countries and Africa....

January 11, 2019 / Nic Labuschagne