The Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA) and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) organized a dissemination event as part of activities for the COVID-19 Macroeconomic Policy Responses in Africa (COMPRA) project. The event featured the presentation of synthesis papers, a panel discussion on national-level papers and a press briefing.
The event centered on the challenges and opportunities for financing a green transition in Africa and suggested policy recommendations to address them. It emphasised the need for policy coordination, investment in green solutions, and protection of vulnerable groups to ensure a just energy transition.
The event which was held on March 27, 2023, at the CSEA conference hall had in attendance, energy experts, policymakers, and researchers from across Africa.
The Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa, in collaboration with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), organized a hybrid event to disseminate findings from our qualitative and quantitative research on climate change. The paper, titled ‘Evaluation of Nigeria's post-COVID-19 Macroeconomic Policies: Are they Climate Change friendly?’ focused on promoting impactful research and supporting informed policies and practices in response to climate change crises. The session kick-started with a paper presentation from our Research Associate, Tikristini Olasode, after which other presentations were made by Obi Ugochuku, the Director of Product Development and Data Management at Applied Logic, and Chukweloka Okeke, a consultant and Engineering geologist. The presentations analyzed Nigeria’s macroeconomic policy measures to ascertain how helpful they are in achieving the country’s climate commitments as specified in the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) as well the trajectory of funding. The paper also provided some policy recommendations to help government achieve green economic recovery in Nigeria. The panelists for the event include: Abdulmajeed Amussah, Esemuze Lucky, and Professor Emmanuel Nwosu. They provided key policy recommendations to support the cross-border research and output of the research project.
We are delighted to announce a partnership with Datasphere Initiative. The Datasphere Initiative is a global network of stakeholders building strong frameworks to responsibly unlock the value of data to all.
As an organization that explores how data governance is evolving across Africa whilst supporting policymakers in the region in developing innovative and responsible data-sharing practices, we are very pleased to be part of Datasphere Initiatives' multistakeholder process.
“All that we have achieved, and we will achieve in the data governance space and by extension every sphere of development research have been built on partnership and collaboration with other players within the ecosystem. CSEA is pleased that the Datasphere Initiative is building the type of partnership that can deliver progress and ensure an inclusive data transformation for Africa”, Adedeji Adeniran, Director of Research, CSEA.
CSEA hosted the first edition of its Seminar series for 2023 on January 25th. The meeting featured presentations of three recently released reports including: the Nigeria Public Finance Review: ‘Fiscal Adjustment for Better and Sustainable Results’ report; Nigeria Development Update: ‘Nigeria’s Choice’ and the Nigeria Country Economic Memorandum (CEM).
The speakers were Gloria Joseph-Raji (Senior Economist) and Miguel Saldaraigga (Country Economist) from The World Bank. The presentation highlighted a wider comparative perspective of Nigeria's growth since 2001, a prioritized set of reforms for the short and medium term, and fiscal adjustment measures for better sustainable development.
To address key challenges facing the nation, the presenters, in tandem with the reports, recommended three priorities, including spending better, increasing revenue and strengthening institutions.
Click here to access the report and previous editions.
The 14th Africa Policy Circle conference was held in Lagos, Nigeria on the 17th and 18th of November 2022. This year’s theme, “Africa in the 2020s And Beyond-Challenges and Possibilities”, provided a platform for participants drawn from think tanks across Africa to unpack some of the critical challenges affecting the continent's possibilities of economic recovery and ethical and political leadership.
With support from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, the conference focused on two main themes: (i) Africa, Governance and Political leadership in 21st Century and (ii) Climate Change and its effect on Africa’s Food and Energy Security.
CSEA was represented by Dr. Chukwuka Onyekwena, Dr David Okorie, Drusilla David and John Chidera Victor.
Dr Chukwuka gave presentations on ‘Economic recovery plans of Nigeria post the pandemic and key issues shaping economic and socio-political debates in the country”, and “Challenges to democracy: Case study of Nigeria”; while Dr. David’s presentations were on “Climate change and its effect on Africa food and energy” and “COP27: Assessing the outcomes and results”.
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