What success looks like for Zambia’s community-linked wetlands by 2031: durable low-volume, high-impact destinations and the indicators to track.
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What Lower Zambezi: Tourism, Conservation and Development Pressure Could Mean for Zambia by 2031
Can Zambia make landscape protection pay by 2031? Three scenarios for the Lower Zambezi and the indicators that will show which road the country took.
The Next Frontier in South Luangwa and the Economics of Safari Excellence
Forward scenarios for South Luangwa to 2031: a safari model where quality finances landscapes and local prosperity, and the indicators that reveal which path
The TEDA template: What a Suez park reveals about exporting Chinese industry
China did not just build a factory in Egypt – it copied a whole development model from Tianjin to the Red Sea. Whether that template travels to the rest of Africa is the real test.
Learning Zones: Chinese Parks Transfer Plenty of Jobs, Less of the Knowledge
Chinese zones in Ethiopia are pitched as classrooms for industrialisation. The evidence shows they teach hands well and managers rarely, leaving the deeper learning largely unrealised.
China’s Zone Playbook: An Export, but One That Resists Copy-Paste
China turned four coastal experiments into a growth engine and now markets the recipe to Africa. The World Bank’s own verdict is that the method travels far better than the results.
Grow or Green: Where Chinese Energy Lands in Africa’s Two Imperatives
Africa is told to cut emissions and to grow, at once. Chinese energy projects sit on the seam between those demands – and which way they tilt has shifted.
Rail’s return: Africa’s revival inside a larger modernisation arc
Rail is back on Africa’s agenda after decades of decline. The new lines are part of a wider story – and bounded by a financing gap measured in tens of billions.
Five Signals That Will Determine the Future of Kafue National Park’s Conservation-Led Repositioning
Five measurable signals – wildlife recovery, poaching pressure, revenue, community benefit and credible recognition – that will decide Kafue’s future to 2031.