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Governing the Digital Economy: Introducing the Africa Technology Policy Tracker
December 4, 2024
9:30 AM — 11:00 AM EST

The Carnegie Africa Program, in partnership with the African Telecommunications Union will unveil the Africa Technology Tracker through demonstration of its capabilities, followed by a panel discussion on its impact.

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  • Aubra Anthony, 
  • Rob Floyd, 
  • Ambassador Mathilde Mukantabana, 
  • Jane Munga, 
  • Melody Musoni, 
  • Cabinet Secretary Margaret Ndung'u, 
  • John Omo, 
  • Zainab Usman, 
  • Angela Wamola
Russia in the Middle East and North Africa: Arms, Power Projection, and Nuclear Diplomacy
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Russia in the Middle East and North Africa—Disrupting Washington’s Influence and Redefining Moscow’s Global Role

The agency of MENA states and nonstate actors and their multilayered interactions with the United States, China, Russia, and the EU have helped shape the complex outcomes of the great power competition.

· December 2, 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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Do No Harm: Toward an Environmental Audit of Military-Managed Civilian Projects in Egypt

In order for Egypt to respond effectively to the alarming environmental threats it faces, it must bring the large number of military-managed projects and production in the civilian domain under a single, integrated national framework for climate change mitigation and adaptation planning, monitoring, and accountability.

· November 12, 2024
In The Media
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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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Somalia’s Strategic Counterbalance to Ethiopian Influence in the Horn of Africa

As hegemonic Ethiopian ambitions threaten stability in the Horn of Africa, Somalia is building strategic alliances regionally and internationally to counter Ethiopia’s growing political and military influence.

  • Hisham Ahmed
· November 7, 2024
In The Media
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How Autocracy Prevailed in Tunisia

Not long ago, Tunisia was considered one of the biggest success stories in the Middle East and North Africa. But last month, for the first time in fourteen years, Tunisia held a sham presidential election.

· November 4, 2024
Foreign Affairs
In The Media
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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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