In the latest issue of @iajournal.bsky.social International Affairs, you can read my latest paper, titled "Beyond Trade? Chinese private capital under the African Continental Free Trade Area" 📖

Open access: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...

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I’m beyond excited to share that I have just been appointed to a permanent (!!) position as Lecturer in Globalisation, Trade and Development at the Global Development Institute!

Thank you to all the colleagues, friends, and mentors who have supported me ♥️

Can’t wait to start in Sept 2026

Last week, I had the pleasure of sharing the findings of my research project on the growing presence of Chinese private capital in Ghana with the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre 🇬🇭

Thank you Deputy CEO and colleagues for the invite - look forward to more engagement!

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Chinese ambassador to Togo addressing the participants of the conference Reconstruire le monde, 70 ans après Bandung, currently being held in Lomé, Togo

✌️Happy to share I was awarded a BA/Leverhulme Small Grant for my project: "Regulating African markets from afar? Chinese tech giants and South-South trade"

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Next week, I'll join a panel of speakers at UCL's Policy & Practice series to discuss the topic "High quality development? China's changing economy", focusing on the implications for China's international economic relations.

27th March, 6:15 pm, register here: lnkd.in/df78s2T8

The deadline for #ECAS2025 is today!

With Costanza Franceschini from Leiden, I am co-organising a panel on networks, intermediaries, and brokers in the context of South-South engagement in Africa.

Please consider submitting to our panel: guarant.eu/ecasconferen...