IDAP Launch Event! The importance of ideas and ideologies in Africa...
The importance of ideas & ideologies in Africa
19 JULY 2022
4:00 PM UK/Nigeria, 5:00PM...
What can we learn about political polarisation from Kenya and Taiwan?
Political polarization is one of the main factors which play a role in driving political behavior. While an inclusive and diverse society...
Long read: What motivates China’s investment & lending practices in Africa?
Since the wave of independence in the 1960s, African countries have faced numerous instances of debt distress in which they could not...
You Can’t Eat the Roads: Chinese Leverage and Democratic Resilience in...
Heading into Zambia’s August 2021 elections, many international observers warned that the country, often held up as an example of resilient multiparty...
Marriage of Choice or By Default? Evaluating Sino-African Relations
In late 2021, when I was taking an Uber home, I got into a conversation with the driver. They had arrived late,...
Sino-Angolan relations: Old oil and new politics
The China–Angola relationship was forged for purely pragmatic reasons at an opportune moment of mutual need in the early 2000s. For that...
Domesticating hegemony: Institutional legacies of Chinese engagements on Zimbabwe’s governance and...
China has become the key political and economic partner for Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe’s reliance on China dates back to the pre-independence period when...
“Borrowing boats to go out in the ocean”: The influence of...
Significant debate has surrounded Russia and China’s political and economic activities in Africa recently, ushering in what some have called a new Cold...
Investor Confidence Low in the Horn of Africa, as Geopolitical Competition...
During a visit to Africa, former US President Obama stated that the Horn of Africa - that is, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and...
Redefining the Social Contract in Africa
Across a continent where large sections of the population feel disconnected from meaningful citizenship, there is an urgent need to redefine and...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?