This month, BRICS+, the intergovernmental organisation of “emerging” economies,
named for its founding members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has officially admitted Uganda as a “partner state”.
BRICS+ is an aspiring counterforce to the dominance of the world’s largest – and Western – economies. Uganda’s admission to the group, at a step below “member state”, promises the East African country a strong economic and political relationship with its members, which recently expanded to include Egypt, Iran, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia.
