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About Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie

Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie is a co-founder of the African Foundation for Development (Afford), and a consultant and writer on international development

Articles by Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie

Saturday 24th December

2011, trepidation and hope

Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, 24 December 2011
A topsy-turvy year full of dramatic reversals left sub-Saharan Africa still in search of of the balance that would harness good governance to economic progress, says Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie.
Wednesday 29th June

Africa’s development: the global bond

Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, 29 June 2011
A great economic transformation across the world presents Africa with new opportunities in which its diaspora should play a key role, says Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie.
Wednesday 27th June

Tony Blair : farewell letters

Brian Brivati, Camilla Toulmin, Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, Mariano Aguirre, Patrice de Beer, and Godfrey Hodgson, 27 June 2007

Britain's prime minister is leaving the stage after ten years. openDemocracy writers say goodbye

Thursday 7th June

Africa at the G8 summit: déjà vu?

Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, 7 June 2007
The global discourse on Africa is stuck in a comfort-zone that ignores the agency of Africans themselves
Wednesday 8th November

Migrants and development: a new era

Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, 8 November 2006
The bridges migrants are building between the states they have left and the ones they live in are starting to have a major impact on thinking about international development, says Chukwu-Emeke Chikezie.
Tuesday 10th January

Make Poverty History? Make Migration Easy!

Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, 10 January 2006
The "year of Africa" heralded in the west by the continent’s self-appointed saviours brought little benefit. The new year demands a fresh approach, says Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie.
Sunday 25th September

Accountability, Africa & her diaspora

Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, 25 September 2005
Africans have learned to bypass the state and create multiple forms of horizontal, peer-to-peer association to advance their collective goals. Now they need to develop new forms of community that include the state and improve mutual accountability, says Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie.
Sunday 10th July

The G8 summit: good for Africans?

Michela Wrong, Michael Holman, Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe, and Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, 10 July 2005
African and western writers evaluate the deals done at the 2005 G8 summit.
Tuesday 5th July

African agency vs the aid industry

Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, 5 July 2005
The western aid industry is a trap that locks Africans in the chains of dependency. Africans’ initiative, symbolised by diaspora remittance flows, is the key to liberation, says Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie.
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