Foreign direct investment in Africa fell significantly in 2020 due to COVID-19. Independent of the success or failure of the EU’s Global Gateway infrastructure initiative, Africa’s governments can boost the region’s recovery, writes Policy Leader Fellow Umar Kabanda, by improving the conditions for public–private partnerships.

In this article, Policy Leader Fellow Gideon Sarpong encourages West African states to mainstream blue carbon into all policymaking on climate and the environment, including their goals for the Paris Accord.

Policy Leader Fellow Ibrahim Magara walks readers through the security crisis in Somalia, where the terrorist group Al Shabaab adds greater instability to the factious political scenario.

For Law researcher Théo Fournier, France’s pragmatic support for the self-declared interim government in Chad might serve in the short-term, but could easily backfire without a quick transition to a democratically elected leader.

STG Policy Leader Fellow Gideon Sarpong proposes a transformative path to climate finance in emerging markets and developing countries, hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 19 March, two days after the death of President John Pombe Magufuli, Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as Tanzania’s Head of State. STG Fellow Ibrahim Magara reflects on the transition, suggesting it reaffirms the country’s capacity for religious tolerance and the progress attained by women in African politics.

A conflict between Ethiopia and the TPLF is destabilising the country and the region, and some parties are calling to let the war run its course. STG Policy Leader Fellow Ibrahim Magara demurs in an analysis for EUIDeas.

All COVID-19 vaccines require refrigerated temperatures for storage. However, as Policy Leader Fellow Nathan Awuapila points out, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa don’t have the energy infrastructure necessary to guarantee these cold conditions.

The ruinous effects of corruption on public trust know no national boundaries. Policy Leader Fellow Philip N. Gichana takes a look at the Kenyan case, where corrupt and futile procurement practices during the pandemic led to national outcry and a parliamentary investigation.

Political theorist and Max Weber Fellow, Eniola Anuoluwapo Soyemi examines compliance with COVID-19 restrictions among citizens in African countries, and locates high levels of cooperation in the mutual respect and obligation people feel towards each other, rather than to state governments.