Africa

  • Mar 18, 2021
  • 7 min read

Political value of social media will rise in Africa

Despite significant access hurdles, social media have become central to political campaigns across the continent

Africa
  • Mar 17, 2021
  • 7 min read

Congo’s president faces challenging AU chairmanship

As the new African Union chair, Congo's president faces complex crises at home and abroad

Africa
  • Feb 25, 2021
  • 7 min read

Biden’s Africa policy may bring continuity and change

The new administration faces choices over how it should reframe its trade policy in Africa

United States
  • Feb 15, 2021
  • 7 min read

New SDRs may bypass Africa's growth engines

An IMF liquidity injection would be concentrated in Africa's weakest economies

Africa
  • Feb 8, 2021
  • 7 min read

Museveni’s return poses challenges to EU-Africa treaty

The Ugandan president's re-election underscores the dilemmas the EU's new Africa trade policy will face

EU
  • Jan 20, 2021
  • 11 min read

Aid is a blunt tool for promoting democracy

The ability of foreign aid to improve the behaviour of recipient countries has been seriously questioned

International
  • Jan 14, 2021
  • 2 min read

African states look beyond COVAX for vaccines

The African Union has announced the procurement of 270 million COVID-19 vaccines

Africa
  • Jan 7, 2021
  • 7 min read

Automation to have uneven impact on Sub-Saharan Africa

Robotic and digital automation poses serious employment challenges for the continent

Africa