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THE CASE FOR CONTINENTAL BORDER SECURITY STANDARDS
Africa’s borders remain both an opportunity and a liability. They enable trade, migration, and cultural exchange, but their weak management also allows transnational...
AFRICA’S DEFENCE INDUSTRIES AT A TURNING POINT
Africa’s defence industries stand at a critical moment. Although the continent spends over $40 billion annually on arms procurement, less than 2% of...
SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY – THE CASE FOR SMART BORDERS IN AFRICA
On the continent of Africa, vast and varied landscape, borders often act as both gateways to opportunity and barriers to progress. As countries...
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES (SEZS) RESHAPING AFRICA’S INDUSTRIAL AND INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have become some of the most dynamic catalysts of Africa’s economic transformation, emerging at a time when the continent...
AFRICAN UNION SECURITY SUMMIT CONCLUDES WITH BOLD PLEDGES ON PEACE, REFORM, AND GLOBAL EQUITY
The 38th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia closed on February 16, 2025, with far reaching decisions...
AFRICAN UNION SECURITY SUMMIT CONCLUDES WITH BOLD PLEDGES ON PEACE, REFORM, AND GLOBAL EQUITY
The 38th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia closed on February 16, 2025, with far reaching decisions...
BIOMETRIC BORDERS: AFRICA’S EXPERIMENTS IN SMART SECURITY
Africa is undergoing a quiet transition in border management. Across the continent, biometric technologies such as facial recognition, fingerprints, and iris scans are...
CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF DICON: AN OVERVIEW
The Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament in partnership with a German firm, recently marked...
