Initiatives to boost South Africa’s economy could reinforce structural weaknesses without addressing the high levels of inequality.
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The Rwandan model can’t be replicated easily given that it depends heavily on political dominance and tight, centralised control of patronage networks.
Calestous Juma believed that Africa needed an integrated science, technology and innovation framework. The continent can make this happen.
South Africa has recorded two consecutive GDP contractions. What does it mean?
The risk following recently ended economic booms in Africa is that, due to insufficient planning and excessive optimism, the windfalls were wasted. But there are signs that Africa may be changing.
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Professor of Sustainability Science, Technical University of Denmark
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town