Africa Tomorrow
Africa Current Path
The next UN Secretary General: picked to lead, designed to take the blame
A UN facing insolvency, a paralysed Security Council and collapsed trust will hand its new leader an institution primed to attribute every failure to the top person.
18 August 2026 by Mukesh Kapila
Africa in the World 2043
Toward a “mini-polar” future: where do Africa and Europe stand?
In 2050, the world will be warmer, older, more African, less European–and yet not fully multipolar.
11 August 2026 by Collin Meisel
Africa Financial Flows Forecast
Aid cuts are a wake-up call for smarter domestic resource mobilisation in Africa
Reforms in government effectiveness and economic formalisation could generate enough revenue to more than offset projected aid losses by 2034.
06 August 2026 by Marvellous Ngundu and Blessing Chipanda
Africa Current Path
Beyond Africa: why the AU needs a broader definition of reparations
To implement the landmark UN slavery resolution, reparations should be defined as a framework for truth, responsibility, repair, reconciliation and global justice.
04 August 2026 by Tadesse Simie Metekia
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Africa Financial Flows Forecast
Can an African Credit Rating Agency overcome investor scepticism?
Current credit ratings may disadvantage the continent, but wouldn’t an African agency amount to Africa ‘marking its own homework’?
30 July 2026 by Peter Fabricius
Africa Governance Futures
Continued conflict could further ruin Sudan’s economy
Modelling shows that continued conflict could cost the economy US$34.5 billion and push an additional 34 million people into extreme poverty by 2043.
28 July 2026 by Enoch Randy Aikins
Africa Manufacturing Forecast
Critical minerals will reshape European-African relations
Critical raw materials are drawing Europe and Africa closer as Europe seeks competitiveness and Africa pursues industrialisation.
23 July 2026 by Jonathan Kaupenjohann
Africa Employment Forecast
Why skills alone cannot solve South Africa’s unemployment
The country’s jobs crisis reflects a systemic failure spanning employment creation and the education-to-work pipeline.
21 July 2026 by Marvellous Ngundu and Blessing Chipanda