In 2025, Africa navigated a shifting multipolar world shaped by US retrenchment, strained AU–EU relations, the first G20 summit on the continent, intensifying competition over critical minerals, and rising tensions in the Horn of Africa.
APRI’s regular series of public events, both virtual and in person, bring together top experts to discuss and debate on key policy issues to African stakeholders.
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In this podcast, we take listeners through one policy issue on the continent, looking at one specific country and speaking to several local experts with divergent views on the topic per episode.
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This interactive map tracks Africa+1 summits from 1973–2024, showing how African states’ diplomatic partnerships have evolved from France to Asia, the US, and beyond, highlighting changing global ties and emerging international partners.
As global demand for clean energy minerals rises, this guide explores how the African Union’s Green Minerals Strategy drives value addition, regional value chains, and industrialisation to support Africa’s energy transition and development.
This interactive map and its accompanying report illustrate bilateral and multilateral agreements made with African countries regarding access to their green or critical minerals.
As global competition for critical minerals intensifies, this interactive guide explores how the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act strengthens supply chains, reduces strategic dependencies, and supports Europe’s green, digital, and industrial transition.
This interactive database maps trade, investment, and green projects between African countries and major actors — China, the EU, and Gulf states — tracking pledged and disbursed climate finance to support Africa’s energy transition.
