This influence goes beyond funding. It shows up in how systems for decision-making are designed, how public policies are shaped and even who sits at the table. Over time, this creates a situation where African initiatives remain African in name but are partly shaped by external actors in how they function
The move could undermine Lilongwe’s pursuit of a new programme with the International Monetary Fund
If Africa can trade with itself, on its own terms, in its own currencies, it could rewrite the rules of global commerce
South Sudan has nearly run out of foreign currency – and this is just the tip of a much bigger economic crisis.