by The Fikiria Desk | Jul 3, 2026 | Intellectual
Intellectual – Frameworks & Theory · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 The easy story about Chinese parks in Africa is about money crossing a border. The more interesting one is about a method crossing a border. TEDA Suez is not a...
by The Fikiria Desk | Jun 18, 2026 | Intellectual
Intellectual – Frameworks & Theory · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 The dominant image of China in Africa is poured concrete – a rail line, a stadium, a hydropower wall. Yet the ledger that may outlast the concrete is...
by The Fikiria Desk | Jun 15, 2026 | Intellectual
Intellectual – Frameworks & Theory · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 Words do diplomatic work. When China talks about its African relationships, the operative term has shifted from infrastructure to modernization – and not...
by The Fikiria Desk | May 6, 2026 | Intellectual
Every resource-rich state is offered the same tempting shortcut: borrow against the wealth in the ground and build before the wealth is dug up. Few make the shortcut work, because the model demands a discipline that mineral windfalls tend to erode. On 6 May 2026, the...
by The Fikiria Desk | Mar 31, 2026 | Intellectual
Every border reform is a theory of the state pretending to be a piece of software. The theory says that if you digitise a permit and collect the levy at the point of entry, revenue rises and trade formalises at the same time. At South Sudan’s Nimule-Elegu...