Africa at LSE

The latest expert analysis on African affairs, placing the continent at the heart of global debates

Latest posts

France has become the common denominator behind Africa’s recent coups

September 28th, 2023

Blockchain could revolutionise public procurement and combat corruption in Africa

September 27th, 2023

Local food culture can help address declining food production in the Niger Delta

September 26th, 2023

The African Continental Free Trade Area and informal cross border trade

September 21st, 2023

Politics

France has become the common denominator behind Africa’s recent coups

September 28th, 2023

African Diaspora

Protests by the Eritrean diaspora have highlighted repression at home and dividing lines abroad

September 18th, 2023

Indigenous knowledge can address Africa’s problems of governance and development

September 14th, 2023

Development

Zimbabwe is mired in political and economic gloom with no end in sight

August 21st, 2023

Africa must pursue industrialisation, sustainably

August 3rd, 2023

The African Continental Free Trade Area can transform the economy of Africa

July 25th, 2023

Economics

Blockchain could revolutionise public procurement and combat corruption in Africa

September 27th, 2023

The African Continental Free Trade Area and informal cross border trade

September 21st, 2023

Oil theft in the Niger Delta smacks of official complicity and military corruption

September 15th, 2023

Environment

Local food culture can help address declining food production in the Niger Delta

September 26th, 2023

Climate change is compounding the challenges created by extremist insurgencies in the Sahel

September 7th, 2023

China-Africa Initiative

China has quietly joined Africa’s renewable energy revolution

August 30th, 2023

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