At the Semafor 2024 World Economy Summit ( #WES24 ), Tim McDonnell moderated a discussion with Carnegie Africa Program dir. Zainab Usman & World Resources Inst CEO Ani Dasgupta on how the world can better integrate developing countries into clean energy supply chains.
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Looking forward to giving this talk on my book project!

'There's the very extractive dimension of Chinese engagement in the minerals and metals sectors of African countries ... But also there are refineries that are being built,' Zainab Usman tells Tim McDonnell.

'It's not something that people like to talk about in D.C.' #WES2024

We're proud to have Zainab Usman join us for our Rising Global Middle Class conversations at the Semafor World Economy Summit on Thursday April 18.

Follow along here for #WES2024 April 17-18
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Hot of the press!! A piece co -authored with Aubra Anthony on Africa’s approach to AI

“African policymakers primarily see AI as a tool for achieving national development goals & economic growth, and there is an urgency to develop AI enablers”

Read 👇🏿
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Delighted to be participating in Semafor’s World Economy Summit this week. I’ll be speaking on “bringing developing countries into the clean energy supply chain” alongside Ani Dasgupta, President of World Resources Inst on Ap 18 from 10.30am. More info. below. events.semafor.com/wes2024/global…

Had a great time in London this week at SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue

I co-delivered a lecture on “Critical Minerals for the Green Transition & Econ Diversification” and facilitated a discussion on “policy instruments…” as part of the “Industrial Policy in an Age of Eco Crisis” program 🌟 1/

Sharing my latest Megatrends Afrika publication📝 on the role of external #security #partnerships for coastal West African states 🇧🇯🇬🇭🇹🇬.This policy brief explores how these states strategically approach external security partnerships with (non) western countries
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Honoured to deliver the keynote speech on 'Africa and China: methods, actors, and geopolitics in the everyday'at the inaugural conference of #AISAC , local chapter of Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research Ntwrk in 🇮🇹, in a wonderful setting at the geography department at Università di Padova .Congrats to the organisers!

FLP day 2 Amir Lebdioui and Zainab Usman giving a fascinating insight into critical minerals using some helpful sporting analogies.

It’s been a great day - thanks also to Yacob Reda Cherif, Antonio Andreoni Smeeta Fokeer