In this paper, we seek to understand how the rapid expansion of off-grid solar energy across
the global South since the turn of the century is influencing local and national processes of …

ABSTRACT On becoming President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa put the Fourth
Industrial Revolution (4IR) into his national economic strategy, generating criticism for its …

A systematic review was conducted of the peer-reviewed, social science literature on the
strategic action of coalitions and social movements involved in oil-and-gas pipeline conflicts …

Purpose This paper aims to shed light on gender inequality in Nigeria exploring new
available data. It makes a case for attention to women empowerment and likely economic …

We are observing a significant increase in the deployment of large scale solar and wind
technologies in the global south, and it is therefore a strategically and academically …

Acknowledging a growing new concern about China across the Global North in general, and
in the US in particular, in the context of China–Africa relations, the article examines Ethiopia …

The commodity super cycle, shifting terms of trade, new oil discoveries, and altering
geographies of supply and demand have restored confidence in resource-based …

Debates on African development continue to downplay the achievement of the continent:
economic achievements are diminished and the perception of a conflict prone continent …

Since the turn of the century, low-income African countries have undergone a process of
mining industrialization led by transnational corporations. The process has been sustained …

Abstract In August 2016, Tanzania imposed a ban on coal imports, forcing all consumers to
procure coal locally. The ban was designed to protect TANCOAL, a joint venture company in …