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enegal's Foreign Minister Yassine Fall delivers a speech at the ministerial conference of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) on September 3, 2024 in Beijing, China.
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What FOCAC 2024 Reveals About the Future of China-Africa Relations

China’s domestic situation and its engagement with Africa indicate a drastic shift in China’s checkbook diplomacy approach.

· November 21, 2024
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What Comes Next? Insights Into the Future of U.S.-Africa Relations Under a New Trump Administration
November 19, 2024

To better prepare for the forthcoming changes, we have invited officials from the previous Trump administration to offer their insight and suggestions on the future of U.S. policy towards Africa. Join the Carnegie Africa Program as we bring together officials who had served during the first Trump administration to offer initial insights into the incoming administration’s approach to Africa. 

  • Tibor Nagy
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African Strategies to Combat Illicit Financial Flows

To safeguard its financial resources, the continent needs a cohesive strategy for promoting international tax cooperation.

  • Nara Monkam
· November 12, 2024
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From the Margins to the Center: Africa's Role in Shaping AI Governance

The coming years offer Africa an immense opportunity to evolve from an AI consumer to an AI developer, but there is much to be done to realize this opportunity and ensure African participation in global agenda setting on AI.

· November 8, 2024
World Bank Blogs
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U.S. 2024 Election and Africa

What the 2024 U.S. election and a changing administration means for the African continent.

· November 4, 2024
Al Jazeera English
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Masisi’s Shock Defeat in Botswana Heralds Big Changes, Difficult Turnaround

While Botswana has turned the corner toward a mature democracy, its problems will not disappear.

· November 3, 2024
The Daily Maverick
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Poor Nations Are Choking on Debt — We Must Grasp the Solutions

Hundreds of millions of people experience an exclusion of a more elementary and devastating kind than any protectionist tariff or tech sanction. They lack the means to join the world economy on anything other than abject terms.

· November 1, 2024
Financial Times
In The Media
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America Votes: What It Means for Africa

A conversation on what the U.S. presidential elections might mean for Africa.

· October 30, 2024
Foreign Policy Live
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Protecting EU Elections From What Exactly?

A discussion of the defense of democracy in the EU in 2024.

· October 30, 2024
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Realizing the International Potential of the CHIPS and Science Act’s Technology Hubs

Beyond their domestic potential, these hubs could feature prominently in U.S. economic relations with the African continent and the rest of the world. 

· October 28, 2024