Africa Research Institute is pleased to announce publication of Planting Ideas, an independent investigation into Malawi’s controversial home-grown subsidy scheme for small farmers. This timely study defies much of the received wisdom to argue that agricultural subsidies can be...
An insiders’ account of the changing relationship between the Tanzanian parliament in Dodoma, the government in Dar es Salaam, and the implications for development. For most of Tanzania’s post-independence history, ethnic and religious tolerance has been underpinned by the...
In this Policy Voice, former British Ambassador to Madagascar Brian Donaldson argues that Britain should increase existing funding for small grants in developing countries, and commit to supporting independent small grants schemes in countries where it does not have a diplomatic...
In this Policy Voice, Chidara Muchineripi, a management consultant from Harare, argues that indigenous crops should play a more important role in African agriculture. Chidara, who is next in line for the chieftainship of the semi-arid district of Gutu, built a consensus amongst...
Speakers: Harrison Mwakyembe (Parliamentary committee - Tanzania), Ludovick S.L. Utouh (Auditor General), Freeman Mbowe (CHADEMA), Iddi Simba (Former minister of trade and industry)
East Africa’s most populous nation has been a beacon of political stability in a troubled region. Yet for most of Tanzania’s post-independence history, ethnic and religious tolerance has been underpinned by the dominant governing party Chama Cha Mapinduzi. An...
The resignation of former president Thabo Mbeki can be seen as the ending of a “First Republic” in democratic South Africa. The liberal left tradition of the governing African National Congress is fading, and the “Second Republic” will be shaped by more...
