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    The BRICS Come of Age

      Hippolyte Fofack, Chief Economist and Director of Research at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)   CAIRO – Nearly 22 years after Jim O’Neill, then an economist...

    Educating children with disabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: drawing lessons for Mauritius

      Dr Elena Nikolova, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates (UAE)   Although education is a basic human right, in many developing countries, children with disabilities are excluded...

    Africa is being courted by China, Russia and the US. Why the continent shouldn’t pick sides

      Bhaso Ndzendze, Associate Professor (International Relations), University of Johannesburg   Some three decades since the end of the Cold War, the world order is undergoing a...

    Improving how the IMF does business could help billions of people worldwide — by giving governments money to spend on public goods and increasing...

      Mend Mariwany, Producer, The Conversation Weekly, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation Nehal El-Hadi, Science + Technology Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation   In...

    Food crisis in Africa: the high cost of imported fertilisers is adding to the problem

      Simon Roberts, Professor of Economics and Lead Researcher, Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg Ntombifuthi Tshabalala, Economist at Centre for Competition,...

    Africa’s groundbreaking women’s rights treaty turns 20 – the hits and misses of the Maputo protocol

      Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Associate research scientist, African Population and Health Research Center   2023 marks two decades since the adoption of the Maputo Protocol. The Protocol...

    Debunking migration myths: the real reasons people move, and why most migration happens in the global south – podcast

      Avery Anapol, Commissioning Editor, Politics + Society, The Conversation Weekly Podcast Mend Mariwany, Producer, The Conversation Weekly, The Conversation Weekly Podcast   Around the world, borders between...

    Central Bank Digital Currencies: A potential solution for reducing transactions costs in Africa and increasing trade

      Paul R Baker, Founder and Chairman, International Economics Consulting Ltd (IEC) Taahirah Zahraa Boodhoo Beeharry, Policy Researcher, International Economics Consulting Ltd (IEC) Loan Thi Hong Le, Managing Director...

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