ABOUT US
We are a membership organisation that provides opportunities for people to connect, celebrate and engage critically with a wide range of topics and ideas about Africa today.
Through our events, publications and digital channels we share insight, instigate debate and facilitate mutual understanding between the UK and Africa.
We amplify African voices and interests in academia, business, politics, the arts and education, reaching a network of more than one million people globally.
Our Events
When - 29/1/2020
Africa
Join us at our annual event to discuss what is in store for the African continent in 2020 – to set the scene for a new decade. Politically, the rise of democratisation and accoun...
Latest News
2019 was a pretty mixed year both in Africa and the UK. In Africa, there were bright spots like Senegal and Ghana; some dark spots, like Cameroon and Zimbabwe where problems are festering; and a lot of dappled spots in between from Sudan and Ethiopia, w...
09/1/2020
Congo: UK And US Must Play More Consistent Hand To End World’s Worst War [Al Jazeera coverage of the M23 movement’s advance on Goma in Eastern Congo] Africa is covered in epithets, like graffiti. It has been labelled dark, lost, hopeles...
19/6/2015
We read last week that the Brazilian economy ministry had adjusted its monthly export data for September, October and November twice in under a week. The revisions were sizeable: that for November was close to US$6bn. They undermine the credibility of the stat...
19/12/2019
This blog was co-authored by Dr Julian Eaton (Co-Director of the Centre for Global Mental Health at LSHTM and Mental Health Director at CBM International), Dr Nicholas Westcott (Director of the Royal African Society) and Prof Stanley Okolo (Director-General of...
10/10/2019