Africa: How can the Global South chart its path to development by seizing the economic and financial opportunities of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, in light of the characteristics of Chinese diplomacy?

Africa: How can the Global South chart its path to development by seizing the economic and financial opportunities of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, in light of the characteristics of Chinese diplomacy?

My stay in China as part of the DongFang scholarship program at Peking University (PKU) allowed me to immerse in the heart of China’s institutional and administrative architecture, to meet high-ranking officials responsible for strategic departments, as well as distinguished academics. Visits to cutting-edge industrial sites gave me the opportunity to observe remarkable technological advances,…

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African Champions Chart the Way On the Global Compact for Migration

African Champions Chart the Way On the Global Compact for Migration

Seventeen African nations are pioneering global migration management, but will others follow their lead? Over 80% of people migrating in Africa remain on the continent, often straining neighbouring countries. Yet migration also drives economic growth, development and regional integration. Migration remains globally contested, as heightened tensions in South Africa show. Follow us on WhatsApp |…

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African Champions Chart the Way On the Global Compact for Migration

Africa: Stakeholders Chart Path to Ai-Driven Financial Ecosystem in Africa

Stakeholders across Nigeria’s financial services and technology sectors at the weekend in Lagos convened at the Fintech Summit 2026, where discussions centred on the implications of innovation, data, and emerging technologies for Africa’s financial ecosystem. The summit, themed “The Next Financial Frontier: Intelligence, Infrastructure & Inclusion in Africa’s Digital Money Economy,” brought together fintech companies,…

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African Champions Chart the Way On the Global Compact for Migration

Africa’s ‘Land-Linked’ Nations Chart a New Trade Route to Prosperity

Awaza, Turkmenistan — Once relegated to the periphery of Africa’s economic map due to their lack of coastline, the continent’s landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) are now reframing their geographic constraints as gateways to opportunity. At the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries held this week in Awaza, Turkmenistan, the UN Development Programme (UNDP)…

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African Champions Chart the Way On the Global Compact for Migration

Africa: AU and Member States Chart Path for Women, Peace, and Security Agenda and Highlight National Progress in Cotonou Meeting

The Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department (PAPS) of the African Union Commission, through its Gender Peace and Security Programme (GPSP) and FemWise-Africa Secretariat, in partnership with Nett4Peace and GIZ, successfully convened Member States in Benin for the Annual Coordination Meeting on the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda, marking 25 years since UN Security…

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