Is the US and EU's anti-China railway in Africa mostly hype?
The Lobito Corridor has been sold as the flagship of Western efforts to compete with China in Africa: a multi-billion-dollar railway carryin...
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ECDPM is a "think and do tank" brokering effective international development partnerships between the EU and the Global South, particularly Africa. Listen to our insights on the challenges f...
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Beyond CBAM: How Europe and India can clean up steel
The steel sector alone accounts for roughly 7% of global carbon dioxide emissions. If the world is serious about hitting climate targets, em...
What does war in Iran mean for Europe and its partners?
Five weeks after the United States and Israel began their unilateral bombardment of Iran – with Israel also resuming aerial attacks on Leban...
What is Europe's Global Gateway (and what is wrong with it)?
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Can Japan teach Europe how to balance AI development with democratic values?
In this episode of Europolis, Chloe Teevan and Gautam Kamat are joined by Hiroki Habuka, one of Japan's leading AI policy experts, to discus...
Is Ubuntu the secret to unlocking African tech sovereignty?
In this episode of Europolis, digital rights advocate and social entrepreneur Gbenga Sesan joins ECDPM's Sabine Muscat to explore the inters...
The case for global solidarity
ECDPM director San Bilal speaks to Simon O'Connell, CEO of SNV, the Dutch development agency, as the organisation celebrates its 60th annive...
The AU-EU summit: Why the EU and Africa need each other in a fragmented world
In this episode of Europolis: the Global Europe podcast, Sophie Desmidt interviews Gustavo de Carvalho, senior researcher at SAIIA, on wheth...
AI in Africa: How are Africans using AI to accelerate development?
Chloe Teevan talks to Melody Musoni to explore how African innovators, researchers, and policymakers are shaping an AI ecosystem that respon...
The EU needs African resources: Can it circumvent China?
The EU's green and digital ambitions depend on a stable supply of critical raw materials like lithium, cobalt and graphite. With growing con...
How the India Stack could revolutionise EU tech policy
Chloe Teevan and Gautam Kamath interview Rahul Matthan , one of India's leading technology lawyers, to explore India's innovative approach t...
Can Europe build its digital infrastructure alone?
Chloe Teevan and Gautam Kamath interview Kai Zenner, Head of Office for MEP Axel Voss (European People's Party) and Senior Fellow at the Tec...
What is digital sovereignty and how can Europe achieve it?
Chloe Teevan and Gautam Kamath interview Robin Berjon , French-Australian technologist, Deputy Director of the IPFS Foundation, and a major...
How young people are shaping EU action in Africa
Although young people are already the driving force behind Africa’s economic transformations, they find themselves locked out from decision-...
Making the most of EU investment in Africa
Switching from an off-budget EDF to a unique EU instrument (NDICI-Global Europe) has some technical implications for the EU and for partner...
How are the EU and African countries working together on mutual interests?
The definition of mutual interests is a good occasion to ask how development objectives are integrated in the Global gateway strategy and th...
Is the EU becoming distracted from civil society and human rights in Africa?
Broadening the partnerships has been one of the significant shifts of the EU development cooperation’s recent evolution. On paper, the EU ai...
Intro | EU development policy shifts in practice: Voices from Africa
In this podcast series, Amandine Sabourin interviews key partners in EU development policy to understand how the EU’s increasingly transacti...
Critical Raw Materials: Geopolitical chess or tug-of-war for development?
Critical raw materials are vital for the EU's green transition and offer African countries a path to green industrialisation. Both however f...
S2 Episode 5 - How financial freedom is the key to girls’ empowerment in Africa
In Tanzania, gender equality remain a policy priority, but progress is slow. Enter the award-winning Her Initiative , a game-changer that is...