Panel 3 | Globalization and Development in Africa

This program was part of The Africa Institute, Global Studies University's three-day scholarly conference held from November 14-16, 2024, in commemoration of the life and work of the late Professor Thandika Mkandawire. This conference, titled New Directions in African Political Economy, sought to reflect on, and celebrate, the enduring significance of Mkandawire’s scholarship for understanding African political economy today and in the future.

Chair: Semeneh Ayalew Asfaw – Fatema Mernissi Postdoctoral Fellow in Social and Cultural Studies, The Africa Institute, GSU, Sharjah, UAE; Lecturer and Researcher, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Panelists included:

Is Egypt’s Currency Free-Floating a Mark of a De-Dollarization Era?
Zaynab El Bernoussi – Associate Professor of Political Science, The Africa Institute, GSU, Sharjah, UAE

External Forces and Zambia’s Permanent Debt Crisis
Grieve Chelwa – Associate Professor of Political Economy, The Africa Institute, GSU, Sharjah, UAE

AfCFTA: A Neoliberal Project with a Pan-African Clothing
Eyob Balcha Gebremariam – Research Associate, Perivoli Africa Research Centre, University of Bristol, UK

Capture of Democracy and Development in a Globalized World
Rachel Beatty Riedl – Director of the Center on Global Democracy and Professor of Government, Cornell University, New York, USA


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