We're on the ground in Washington this week as the IMF/World Bank #SpringMeetings continue. Together with African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), Brookings Global and Tara Forbes partners, we held a sideline event on new financing solutions for #Africa .

Experts discussed how to deal with debt, scale up…

There are some truly brilliant women driving change, sharing ideas & working together for #Africa ’s #transformation . Lovely to see such a fantastic group today and grateful to work with so many excellent women leaders. cc: Annalisa Prizzon Elizabeth Sidiropoulos Serah Makka Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi 🇬🇭🇬🇧😷 Emily Barran

#BRICS in action on #IronOre , #NewEnergy , #GreenIndustrialisation Professor Anil Sooklal Elizabeth Sidiropoulos James Kynge Karin Costa Vazquez Mikko Huotari Jean-Claude Maswana W. Gyude Moore ian bremmer mohammed ahmed (for #HunanModel intro: saiia.org.za/research/the-h…)

Enjoyed chairing a session at the T20 event in Brasilia on Global South’s Climate Agenda org by ⁦South African Institute of International Affairs⁩ ⁦⁦IPEA⁩ ⁦⁦Alex Benkenstein⁩ ⁦Jorge Chediek⁩ a o. Rich discussion on constraints faced by the Global South in accessing green technologies

Statement by DIRCO and the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of South Africa | EEAS eeas.europa.eu/delegations/so…

In Brasilia. Participation in an event jointly organized by IPEA and SAIIA on strengthening South South partnerships on the climate agenda. Critical for the Global South to have powerful evidence based positions in these critical negotiations

📢 Join us tomorrow with Ambassador Mzukisi Qobo for a review of the outcomes of the 13th Ministerial Conference.

📅 Thursday, 4 April
⏰ 11am - 12:30pm (SAST)

Register here: saiia.org.za/event/the-13th…

BBC gets what it deserves. Hypocrisy of Hardtalk is exposed well. Leadership of #Guyana for the #GlobalSouth would get more such facts out for BBC to study and absorb Jorge Chediek Paulo Esteves Stephan Klingebiel Elizabeth Sidiropoulos Sanusha Naidu FIDC NeST

“Deft management of foreign relations will be needed to ensure history does not repeat itself.”Development Reimagined™ Hannah Ryder (芮 婉 洁)

' #China ’s Central Bank Digital Currency: A New Force in African Finance?' (hot off the press): saiia.org.za/research/china… Dr Efi Pylarinou Richard Turrin Charles Onyango-Obbo Onye Nkuzi Kwame Owino Jean-Claude Maswana Robert Kappel Michael Pettis Richard Humphries܁ Elizabeth Sidiropoulos Ravi Karkara Geoffrey York #CBDC #FOCAC

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for more people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States on Wednesday, during meeting with U.S. executives in Beijing Wednesday.

Under Ubuntu and similar philosophies, we believe that you cannot dehumanise another or others without losing your own humanity. #DailyThought

Obvious enough yet?

Just as the IPC - the global authoritative institution for hunger assessment - determined that all of North Gaza is in 'catastrophe' famine status (where 'starvation, death, destitution and extremely critical acute malnutrition levels are evident'), with…

“The growing number of belligerents,increasing density of rivalrous relationships &growing #polarisation ofthe #conflict networks observed in this note are extremely #worrying for the #future of the region.”Great #analytical work which calls for better adapted #governancesystems

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With a more assertive positioning of (South) Africa 🇿🇦, what are the possibilities for Europe and Africa to work together to tackle some of the major challenges the world is facing?

#G20 #SouthAfrica

What kind of challenges does the EU face in navigating global politics?

Dr. Ilke Toygür names three key issues:

1. Upholding the current global order or being a formative player in a new order
2. Dealing with global interdependencies
3. Deciding between a regional or a global focus

Dr. Ilke Toygür The panelists address the EU’s approach to changing dynamics in world politics.

🇪🇺 should acknowledge that there are diverse perspectives and listen to those perspectives, as well as advance inclusive policies in order to achieve truly equal partnership, says prof toni haastrup.

Dr. Ilke Toygür prof toni haastrup Regarding Russia’s war of aggression in #Ukraine , non-alignment the Global South has raised discussion.

Elizabeth Sidiropoulos highlights that non-alignment does not mean staying neutral. It means that a country is not automatically in a certain camp.

#FIIAForum2024

Our report is out! Korber Emerging Middle Powers report 2024: what does it reveal? Is the world finding balance? Is the west finding a new positioning? An exciting new era ahead, say ⁦Gateway House⁩ ⁦South African Institute of International Affairs⁩ ⁦Körber-Stiftung IP⁩ ⁦BRICS Policy Center⁩

When danger deepens, the immediate neighbourhood matters more than distant shores, writes Rajiv Bhatia in The Hindu, as #India shifts focus from #IndoPacific to #India nOcean.

He provides recommendations for India, given the increasing risks posed by #ChineseNavy & #Houthi rebels.