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Recognition for Carlos Lopes Work
Member of the International Commission of Experts on Financing for Development, Government of Spain & United Nations, Madrid & New York
Government of Spain & United Nations | Jul 2024
First Class Order of Zayed II, bestowed by the United Arab Emirates President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Abhu Dhabi Media Office | May 2024
Member of the G20 Task Force on a Global Mobilization Against Climate Change
Brazilian Government | Feb 2024
One of 100 most influential black personalities of the Lusophone World
Bantumen 100 Powerlist | Dec 2022
Confirmed by the United Nations Economic and Social Council as a member of the prestigious Committee for Development Policy for the period 2022 to 2024.
United Nations Economic and Social Council | Apr 2022
New Chair of the Board and Advisory Council of the African Climate Foundation
African Climate Foundation | Apr 2022
Appointed as > Foundational Fellow of the International Science Council
International Science Council | Mar 2022
Recognised by the African report as one of the 100 most influential Africans
The Africa Report | Oct 2019
Latest Blogs
L’économie du développement à l’ère des bouleversements
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Cartographie : corriger la carte de l’Afrique, un enjeu économique et stratégique
Read MoreCartographic Justice for Africa
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Africa’s Interdependence with the Gulf Under Pressure
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Gulf shock: How Iran war could reshape Africa’s economic outlook
Read MoreNews Coverage
Can Zambia end unrefined copper exports and add value at home?
Será que a Zâmbia consegue acabar com as exportações de cobre não refinado e agregar valor internamente?
Une règle du jeu préjudiciable au textile africain ?
‘Africa’s future lies in agriculture’
Does AGOA’s third country rule damage African textile production?
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What do I have to say about Chinese new discovery in Africa?
How Africa is becoming a ‘strategic hub’ for Chinese industrial expansion.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3363798/how-africa-becoming-strategic-hub-chinese-industrial-expansion?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1786544252
How convenient. 🙃
When African countries pointed to the excesses of structural adjustment and the costs of free-trade orthodoxy, it was dismissed as “ideological.” 🤷🏾♂️
Now that wealthy countries openly embrace protectionism when it serves their interests? Suddenly, there’s a
Economic resilience may require countries to sacrifice some efficiency to ensure access to critical goods in times of crisis, Kim Ruhl writes in F&D magazine. https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2026/06/point-of-view-rethinking-free-trade-kim-ruhl
The US defends border integrity for certain countries and undermines it in others. It all depends on its interests.
US military set to march into Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of Somalia – as US-Iran war spills into Red Sea. The deal by-passed the central government in Mogadishu.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-military-base-somalia/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user/RStatecraft
"Burkina Faso’s charismatic young military leader, army captain Ibrahim Traoré, has stopped pretending. In April, he declared that people should ‘forget about the question of democracy’ because ‘democracy isn’t for us’."
You want to know why he says so?
Read below!
✈️ What if tomorrow’s jet fuel came from renewable electricity instead of fossil fuels? ⚡🌱
That’s the promise behind South Africa’s push into green hydrogen and synthetic aviation fuel. 🇿🇦🌍
Still early days — but potentially a fascinating climate transition story.
🚀💰 Elon Musk’s fortune grew by an average of ~$875 MILLION A DAY over the past year.
For perspective: at Ghana’s ~$87 annual household spending per primary-school child, that ONE DAY equals a year’s spending for ~10 MILLION children. 🎒📚🌍
Forbes:
Elon Musk
Elon Musk is #1 on Forbes' 2026 America's Richest Immigrants list. Read more about Elon Musk, their experience, their asset summary, and more here.
www.forbes.com
A must from @yuenyuenang , now downloadable for free.
Dear readers from all over the world - thank you!
This year marks 10th anniversary of “How China Escaped the Poverty Trap.” It couldn’t have scaled walls and traveled without your support & sharing
The book is now FREE to download (link below)
https://cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501705854/how-china-escaped-the-poverty-trap/#bookTabs=1
My views on the 2 African candidates for the @UN SG position. @RFI
Sall's chances at UN secretary-general role weakened after first vote
Antonio Guterres’s successor as United Nations secretary-general will be named in October. So far, two candidates fr...
www.rfi.fr
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