China’s Belt and Road Initiative for entrenching debt and authoritarianism in Africa, highlights its failing infrastructure and political interference. Europe should use this opportunity leverage the Global Gateway initiative and build competitive, community-focused infrastructure as well as invest in Africa’s youth. This approach would transform Africa’s demographic challenge into an economic engine, fostering sovereignty and sustainable growth.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kate Tully is a Hoover History Lab student researcher and Director’s Office intern at the Hoover Institution. She is a senior at Stanford University studying political science with concentrations in governance and international relations. Her research focuses on authoritarian actors, colonialism, and geopolitical competition in Africa. She is currently completing an honors thesis on autocratic coups in the West African Sahel. Kate is the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University, where she will pursue a master’s degree in International Relations.
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