Unlocking Africa’s critical minerals for broad-based prosperity and global competitiveness
Editor’s note: Below is Chapter 3 of the 2026 Foresight Africa report, which brings together leading scholars and…
5 assets Africa can turn into good jobs at scale
Editor’s note: Below is Chapter 2 of the 2026 Foresight Africa report, which brings together leading scholars and…
Making Africa’s integration work for jobs, scale, and structural change
Editor’s note: Below is Chapter 6 of the 2026 Foresight Africa report, which brings together leading scholars and…
Improving democratic resilience in Africa: Lessons from comparative case studies
Editor’s note: Below is Chapter 4 of the 2026 Foresight Africa report, which brings together leading scholars and…
Understanding the evolution and state of democracy in Zimbabwe: When a coup is not called a coup
Since gaining independence from colonial rule in 1980, democracy has struggled to take root in Zimbabwe. The country…
Kenya’s resilient democracy: Balancing power and accountability
Kenya is a resilient democracy that has been able to endure considerable challenges to its democratic institutions (Cheeseman…
The changing landscape of U.S. international democracy policy in 2025: Lessons from Western engagement with Zimbabwe
August 2025 marked seven years since the deadly 2018 post-election violence in Zimbabwe that resulted in the deaths…
Namibia’s foreign minister on the transformative impact of trade and foreign policy for Africa’s development
Host Landry Signé speaks with Hon. Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, Namibia’s minister for international relations and trade, and seasoned career…