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    Taking Seriously the Move to Green Growth: Screening Dimensions of Environmental Progress in African SIDS

      Henri Casella, Senior Environmental Economist Consultant Jaime de Melo, Professor Emeritus, University of Geneva   Usually, countries take better care of their environment as they become richer, both...

    Africa Cannot Afford a Second Cold War

      Hippolyte Fofack, Chief Economist and Director of Research at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)   CAIRO – More than 20,000 Africans were killed in violent conflicts in 2020,...

    Artificial intelligence carries a huge upside. But potential harms need to be managed

      Alison Gillwald, Adjunct Professor, Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town Rachel Adams,  Doctoral Supervisor, University of Cape Town   Artificial intelligence and...

    African development banks need scale, urgently. Here’s how it can be done

      Nimrod Zalk, Associate Professor at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town   Developing countries in general, and African countries in particular,...

    Workshop on Embracing the Challenge of a Sovereign Mauritian Food System: The Case for Regenerative Agriculturee

      “Regenerative Agriculture describes farming and grazing practices that, among other benefits, reverse climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity...

    The Mascarene Islands, identified as an Important Marine Mammal Area

      Violaine Dulau, PhD, Executive Director, Globice & Associate Researcher, Université de La Réunion Lana Barteneva, Biologist, MMCO Since early 2020, the Mascarene Islands have been identified...

    Lecture by Professor Philippe Sands: Chagos Archipelago, the last British Colony in Africa

      Thanjelie Aran, Editorial Assistant, Charles Telfair Centre On the 10th of November, the Charles Telfair Centre in collaboration with the Prime Minister’s Office organised a...

    Understanding the impact of multiple stressors: how COVID-19 and the Wakashio oil spill affected coastal community resilience in Mauritius

      Josheena Naggea, Doctoral Candidate, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University, USA Amandine de Rosnay, Sustainability Consultant, Dynamia Associates & Developers   While the world...

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