Once considered almost solely a site of poverty and conflict, sub-Saharan Africa and perceptions of it have gradually been changing. Today, African states have become important actors in international affairs, with a number considered as emerging powers. The subcontinent’s most assertive players have been capitalising on their natural wealth and recent economic growth and have implemented policies pursuant to a change of status from developing countries to emerging powers. This report looks at four such subSaharan countries – South Africa, Nigeria, Angola and Kenya – and explores the reasons for both optimism and pessimism regarding their considerable potential, as well as their governments’ initiatives to fulfl it
After decades of unsatisfying performances, economic growth took off in many sub-Saharan states at t...
The global economy and polity is now entering a period of disruptive change and punctuated equilibri...
The 'Emerging Africa' narrative is marked by perceptions and policy interactions around Africa which...
In this report, the challenges and opportunities arising from the growing ties between two key “Risi...
Despite a comprehensive research of South Africa’s power status, the available literature does not p...
After independence, many African states assumed self-governance would produce good governance, but t...
The dawning of the 21st century generally brought new hope to African leaders and countless thousand...
One of the most remarkable phenomena of Contemporary International Relations is the fact that Africa...
1. Emerging economies are making a rapid entry into Africa. The speed and significance of this entry...
Nations ’ futures are shaped by how they are perceived by their citizens, policy makers, and externa...
After a generally disappointing half-century since recapturing formal independence, at the turn of t...
Since roughly the turn of the millennium, there has been a growing literature discussing the potenti...
African affairs contribute in shaping the world and Africa in turn is being shaped by by dynamics in...
Sub-Saharan African economies have exhibited positive growth rates since the mid-2000s, and the cont...
The global development landscape is rapidly changing with the acceleration of the economies of emerg...
After decades of unsatisfying performances, economic growth took off in many sub-Saharan states at t...
The global economy and polity is now entering a period of disruptive change and punctuated equilibri...
The 'Emerging Africa' narrative is marked by perceptions and policy interactions around Africa which...
In this report, the challenges and opportunities arising from the growing ties between two key “Risi...
Despite a comprehensive research of South Africa’s power status, the available literature does not p...
After independence, many African states assumed self-governance would produce good governance, but t...
The dawning of the 21st century generally brought new hope to African leaders and countless thousand...
One of the most remarkable phenomena of Contemporary International Relations is the fact that Africa...
1. Emerging economies are making a rapid entry into Africa. The speed and significance of this entry...
Nations ’ futures are shaped by how they are perceived by their citizens, policy makers, and externa...
After a generally disappointing half-century since recapturing formal independence, at the turn of t...
Since roughly the turn of the millennium, there has been a growing literature discussing the potenti...
African affairs contribute in shaping the world and Africa in turn is being shaped by by dynamics in...
Sub-Saharan African economies have exhibited positive growth rates since the mid-2000s, and the cont...
The global development landscape is rapidly changing with the acceleration of the economies of emerg...
After decades of unsatisfying performances, economic growth took off in many sub-Saharan states at t...
The global economy and polity is now entering a period of disruptive change and punctuated equilibri...
The 'Emerging Africa' narrative is marked by perceptions and policy interactions around Africa which...