Research Themes 

• Politics of Knowledge Production and History of African economic thought
• Frontiers of African finance (central banking and illicit financial flows)
• The political economy of peace and security
• African perspectives on economics and gender
• Natural resources, climate change and sustainable development in Africa
• Climate justice, green transition and clean energy
• Agriculture and food security
• Decolonising economics (South-South relations, de-dollarization and CFA)
• Industrialisation and industrial policy in Africa
• The informal economy and rural communities
• Beyond the COVID-19 crisis – emerging trends shaping development in Africa
• Institutions, Governance and Corruption in Africa – Colonial legacies and beyond

Partnerships and Cooperations:

•  Institute of Economic Justice (Johannesburg, South Africa)
• Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
• African Economic History Network (AEHN)
  
  

Projects Planned

• African Constitutional Law Conference (last time in Namibia)
• Financial Stability (collaboration on comparative central banking & currency systems) & Finance Law & Econ WGs (Financial market infrastructure & ….) – work with them to broaden the discussion within Africa
• Financial market infrastructures & central counterparting (few firms & inadequate manpower in Africa) – to improve transactions
• East African hub meeting (main hub meeting in Sept)
• African political economy working group of Africans in North America (looking to collaborate with CEA & other big.  conference organizers) – May/June