Jakkie Cilliers: ‘Africa First!’
On February 18, 2021, Foundation NICC was following an online presentation by the South African author Jakkie Cilliers of his book ‘Africa First! : Igniting a growth revolution’, followed by discussions.
Mr. Cilliers is Head of the African Futures & Innovation at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and he is also Chairman of the Board of the ISS, that is based in Pretoria.
The presentation was organised by the NEDWORC Association, a Dutch organisation.
According to Mr. Cilliers poverty and underdevelopment will continue to prevail and the gap between Africa and the rest of the world will increase even further if Africa proceeds along the current path. He used continental data to model eleven interventions that can change Africa’s development path.
Refer to: https://www.nedworc.org/activiteiten/documenten/271-africa-first-jc/file
It was a thought provoking presentation and it would be interesting to compare this effort to influence the thinking about developments at the continental level with other documents that are dealing with the African continent as a whole.
Foundation NICC has several documents about Africa: Search in our collection
For example:
Physical collection: examples of documents on Africa:
- A01095: Knowledge Compendium Water, Food security and sustainable agribusiness for Africa, H.P. Ritzema, J. Harmsen, W. Wolters, J. Boonstra, J. Froebrich (2011)
- A03540: Can Afrika claim the 21st century?, World Bank (2000)
- A07439: Dreams of Power The role of the Organization of African Unity in the politics of Africa 1963 – 1993, Afrika Studie Centrum (1999)
- A07462: Africa Yearbook Volume 3. Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2016, Andreas Mehler a.o. (2006)
- A07565: Farewell to Farms. De-agrarianisation and Employment in Africa, Deborah Fahy Bryceson (2014)
- A07718: Mobile Phones: The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa, Mirjam de Bruijn a.o. (2009)
In Dutch/ Fysieke collectie: voorbeelden van documenten over Afrika:
- A00073: Een kwestie van goed boeren: Economische ontwikkeling in Afrika en Zuid-Oost Azie vergeleken, Dirk Vlasblom (2012)
- A00393: Het Nederlandse Afrikabeleid 1998-2006 – Evaluatie van de bilaterale samenwerking IOB evaluaties nr. 308, Samenvatting, Karolien Bais (2008)
- A00320: IOB Evaluaties nr 308: Het Nederlandse Afrikabeleid 1998-2006 – Evaluatie van de bilaterale samenwerking, Bram van Ojik (2008)
- A00386: Inzicht in Afrika – Understanding Africa, Marieke van Winden, Prof. Ton Dietz (2011)
- A00435: Kleurrijk Afrika: Veelzijdig Onderzoek, Prof. Dr Leo de Haan (2008)
- A00565: Het Nieuwe Afrika: Ondernemen in Afrika, Mirjam van den Berg, Auke Boeren, Ton Dietz (2012)
- A00717: Sterke mensen, zwakke staten. Het Nederlandse beleid ten aanzien van Afrika ten zuiden van de Sahara in meerjarig Perspectief, NL Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2005)
- A01924: Afrika ter discussie, Het Afrikacongres 2008: Bijdragen en uitkomsten, Karolien Bais, M. Eeckhout, A. Kolk, M. Koper, F. vd Kraaij (2008)
- A01929: Het Nieuwe Afrika, oktober 2012, Renske de Greef, Ben Knapen, Adriaan van Dis, Kees Broere (2012)
- A07425: Afrika Gedomineerd. De Afrikaanse afhankelijkheid van Europa, Nina Tellegen(2000)
- A07429: De smalle marge van de onafhankelijkheid. Opstellen over Afrika, Peter Geschiere (1982)
- A10475: Het regenseizoen. Afrika in de wereld, Stephin Ellis (2011)
- A10638: Berichten Buitenland: Special – Afrika, NL Ministry of Economic Affairs (2014)
- A12880: Seks in Afrika, Renske de Greef (2006)
- A13474: Perspectieven op Afrikastudies en op ontwikkeling in Sub-Sahara Afrika 20, Prof. dr. Leo J.de Haan (2010)
- A13517: Afrika in de polder, Bram de Jonge (2012)