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    WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS- Shipping Risks: The Lessons from the Wakashio incidents for the islands of the Western Indian Ocean – 18 August 2023

      Madvee Jane Moteea-Sewlall, Editorial Assistant at the Charles Telfair Centre   On Friday 18 August 2023, the Charles Telfair Centre, in collaboration with the University of...

    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...

    Perception of Climate Change Adaptation in Rodrigues Island

      Marie Stephania Perrine, MPhil candidate at the Islands and Small States (ISS) at the University of Malta and UNFCCC Capacity Fellow at the UN...

    AI is reshaping the workplace – but what does it mean for the health and well-being of workers?

      Arif Jetha, Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto   The business landscape has undergone a significant shift over the past few...

    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,...

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