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DEFENCE MANUFACTURING CLUSTERS EMERGING IN AFRICA
Africa’s defence manufacturing sector is increasingly organized around specialized industrial clusters, reflecting a strategic effort to strengthen local production capacity amid persistent security...
DEFENCE DIPLOMACY AS A TOOL OF AFRICAN SOFT POWER
As global geopolitics grows more complex, African states are increasingly turning to defence diplomacy as a strategic instrument for advancing peace, civil security,...
CYBER COMMAND STRUCTURES ACROSS AFRICAN ARMED FORCES
African militaries are increasingly treating cyberspace as a core national security domain alongside land, sea, air, and space. Rising incidents of ransomware, espionage,...
THE DAWN OF VIGILANT SKIES: AFRICA’S EMERGING AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING CAPABILITIES
Africa’s airspace is undergoing a strategic transformation as a growing number of states invest in airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) systems. Once...
THE RISE OF AFRICAN AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
As security threats across Africa grow more complex, a quiet transformation is underway in the continent’s air forces. Increasingly, African nations are investing...
DEFENCE OFFSETS AND LOCAL MANUFACTURING: ARE AFRICANS BENEFITING?
Defence offsets have become a central feature of global arms procurement, particularly for developing economies seeking returns beyond hardware deliveries. Under these arrangements,...
AFRICA’S EXPANDING ROLE IN MULTINATIONAL MILITARY EXERCISES IN 2025
In 2025, Africa became a central stage for multinational military cooperation, reflecting the continent’s growing significance in global security planning. A series of...
AIR & AEROSPACE – AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS IN AFRICA: AN UNFINISHED BUSINESS
By December 2025, Africa’s air defence picture remains uneven, shaped by rising aerial threats and limited capacity to counter them. While a handful...
LAND & ARMY – AFRICA’S ELITE ARMY UNITS: WHO SETS THE STANDARD?
By late 2025, Africa’s elite army units stand at the sharp end of the continent’s security response. From counterinsurgency campaigns to border security...
AFRICA’S ROBOTICS REVOLUTION ON THE BATTLEFIELD
Across Africa’s conflict zones from the Sahel’s desert plains to the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo a quiet technological shift is...
