Five priority topics, one through-line: what does business actually need from this relationship, and what gets in the way?
Why the study and support of business needs to be included in the African–European focused think tank landscape.
Tracking EU infrastructure investment in Africa. What is announced, what is funded, what is delivered — and what business impact follows.
Why African markets carry a persistent risk premium, how it distorts capital flows, and what interventions actually move the needle.
What moves, why, and what doesn't. Mapping the real topology of Africa–Europe trade beyond headline figures.
The soft-side gaps that policy frameworks cannot fix alone — from expectations to decision cultures to language.
Where the "shared values" narrative holds up in business practice, and where it breaks down.