Governance in Africa

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Welcome to Governance in Africa: Conversations

This site contains over 160 videos and audio recordings of inspired thinkers, academics, policy makers and experts discussing the issue of governance in Africa, and its relationship to economic development. Many of these resources were gathered from the residential schools which take place in a different African country each year, organised by the Centre of African Studies, University of London in the United Kingdom, and funded by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. You can also find Powerpoint slides from presentations delivered by the residential school speakers, and interviews with the school participants. Explore the Youth Engagement page to see how young people in Accra, Ghana have used these resources to spark a debate about governance in their own communities.

Find out more about the Governance for Development in Africa Initiative on the ‘About’ page.

GDAI Webinar #9 – Engajamento político da juventude na África Lusófona (Youth Political Engagement in Lusophone Africa)

April 21, 2021 by CAS Leave a Comment

Thursday 27th May 2021 – 5pm BST (UK time) Please note this webinar will be delivered in Portuguese. Moçambique e Cabo Verde são dois países unidos pela mesma língua, mas com trajectórias políticas diferentes. Enquanto o primeiro é visto como o espelho de uma democracia deficitária, Cabo Verde é por sua vez tido como um […]

GDAI Webinar #8 – The challenge of state-making in South Sudan: the shifting everyday realities and experience of violence and conflict

March 3, 2021 by CAS Leave a Comment

Wed 25 March 2021, 5-6pm (UK Time – GMT+0) Conventional interpretations of Civil Society often overlook the myriad ways in which civic actors constitute authority and negotiate for change in fragile states. This omission has significant implications on how civil society sectors evolve and receive external support. Drawing on South Sudan as a case study, […]

GDAI Webinar #7 – Sudan at the crossroads: hopes and fears for the future

November 26, 2020 by CAS Leave a Comment

Following the popular revolution and the end of military rule in Sudan in 2019, there were great hopes for change in the future, both within the country and across the Sudanese diaspora. Since then, in 2020 Sudan has been buffeted first by the COVID-19 pandemic and then by severe flooding in August 2020, and the […]

GDAI Webinar #6 – Between Afro-Pessimism and Naive Optimism-a Bias for Hope in Policy Making

November 18, 2020 by CAS Leave a Comment

  Professor John Sender and Professor Christopher Cramer will discuss their new book, written with Arkebe Oqubay, on African Economic Development. The air that policy officials breathe is thick with conventional wisdoms that need to be questioned, and with reflexes of pessimism or over-optimistic fantasies about the prospects for economic development, improving welfare, and structural […]

GDAI Webinar #5 – Governing the Environment in Kenya: Confronting Contending Norms in a Plural Legal System

October 20, 2020 by CAS Leave a Comment

We are delighted to announce the 5th GDAI Webinar which will be featuring a fabulous speaker, Prof Patricia Kameri-Mbote from the University of Nairobi! Title: Governing the Environment in Kenya: Confronting Contending Norms in a Plural Legal System Date and Time: Wednesday 28th October 2020, 3pm UK time Speaker: Patricia Kameri-Mbote (University of Nairobi) Chair: […]

GDAI Webinar #4 – Climate Induced Migration In West Africa with Professor Joseph K. Teye

January 22, 2020 by CAS Leave a Comment

On Thursday 30th January 2020 – 5pm UK time – Professor Teye, Director of the Centre for Migration Studies (CMS) of the University of Ghana,  will discuss the impact of climate change on West Africa and will look a migration as a climate change adaptation strategy. Although West Africa’s contribution to global climate change is […]

GDAI Webinar#3 – The Angolan political transition: challenges to find the right path for sustainable development – with Fernandes Wanda

October 8, 2019 by CAS Leave a Comment

On Thursday 31st October 2019 – 5pm UK time -Fernandes Wanda, current PhD student(Final Year)in Development Studies (awarded the Mo Ibrahim GDAI Scholarship) will discuss the recent Angolan political transition from a sustainable development perspective. Although the recent political transition in Angola, from Dos Santos to João Lourenço, is regarded as exemplary by the MPLA […]

GDAI Webinar Collection

October 8, 2019 by CAS 1 Comment

Watch all the past webinars on our youtube playlist: bit.ly/GDAI_Webinar_Playlist   GDAI Webinar#1 – Reflections on the Genesis of a Contemporary Ethiopian Feminist Movement – with Dr Sehin Teferra GDAI Webinar#2 – ‘Twists and Turns: the unpredictable trajectory of decentralization in Sierra Leone’ – with Dr Marco Felix Conteh GDAI Webinar#3 – ‘The Angolan political transition: challenges […]

Professor Victor Murinde – Pan-African banks on the rise

September 11, 2019 by CAS Leave a Comment

Professor Victor Murinde’s (SOAS) lecture on Pan-African Banks at the 2019 Abidjan Residentail School. Full title: Pan-African banks on the rise: Do cross-border banks increase firms’ access to finance in WAEMU?

GDAI Webinar Series #2 – ‘Twists and Turns: the unpredictable trajectory of decentralization in Sierra Leone’

September 11, 2019 by CAS Leave a Comment

The second Webinar (online seminar) of our Governance for Development in Africa Webinar Series will take place on the 30th of April 2019 at 5pm GMT. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the Centre of African Studies at SOAS and SOAS Radio are delighted to announce that the speaker for our second webinar will be Dr Felix […]

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GDAI Webinar #9 – Engajamento político da juventude na África Lusófona (Youth Political Engagement in Lusophone Africa)

Thursday 27th May 2021 – 5pm BST (UK time) Please note this webinar will be delivered in Portuguese. Moçambique e Cabo Verde são dois países unidos pela mesma língua, mas com trajectórias políticas diferentes. Enquanto o primeiro é visto como o espelho de uma democracia deficitária, Cabo Verde é por sua vez tido como um […]

GDAI Webinar #8 – The challenge of state-making in South Sudan: the shifting everyday realities and experience of violence and conflict

Wed 25 March 2021, 5-6pm (UK Time – GMT+0) Conventional interpretations of Civil Society often overlook the myriad ways in which civic actors constitute authority and negotiate for change in fragile states. This omission has significant implications on how civil society sectors evolve and receive external support. Drawing on South Sudan as a case study, […]

GDAI Webinar #7 – Sudan at the crossroads: hopes and fears for the future

Following the popular revolution and the end of military rule in Sudan in 2019, there were great hopes for change in the future, both within the country and across the Sudanese diaspora. Since then, in 2020 Sudan has been buffeted first by the COVID-19 pandemic and then by severe flooding in August 2020, and the […]

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