APORDE Podcast Series
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The African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) is a high high-level training programme in development economics targeting policy-makers, researchers, academics and civil society representatives from Africa and other developing countries. The programme has been running since 2007 and is a joint initiative between the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) and Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS).
As part of APORDE’s agenda of influencing, educating and reaching a wider audience, it has introduced an APORDE podcast series. This series draws on the community of those that have participated directly in both the international and national APORDE network of heterodox development economists and social scientists.
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In this episode, Prof. Mwangi Wa Gĩthĩnji (University of Massachusetts Amherst) challenges the idea that there’s a single road to “modernity.” Drawing on his co-edited trilogy Decolonial Reconstellations—especially Volume II, Dissolving Master Narratives—he argues for development defined as expanding people’s possibilities in their own historical and ecological context. That means industrialising under climate constraints, negotiating transformation within democratic politics, and learning fr...
Host Thobani Khumalo sits down with Dr. Seeraj Mohamed (Deputy Director for Economics, South African Parliamentary Budget Office; Adjunct Professor, UWC) to unpack what sets heterodox/decolonial economics apart from the mainstream. Dr. Mohamed traces the shift from political economy’s focus on production, reproduction, and distribution to neoclassical models centred on markets and “rational” agents—showing what gets left out: unpaid care work, environmental costs, power, institutions, and col...
In this episode, Thobani Khumalo speaks with Prof. Fiona Tregenna (University of Johannesburg; SARChI in Industrial Development) about the evolution and significance of APORDE—the African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics. Prof. Tregenna reflects on two decades of the programme, why exposure to plural and heterodox perspectives matters, and how APORDE and its sister course IPPM (Industrial Policy for Policymakers) build lasting professional networks across the continent. The conve...
With Aporde 2024 having recently taken place, we are pleased to present a series of interviews with some of this year's lecturers and attendees.. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Honorable Zeinab Camara is a prominent Guinean political leader, senior international consultant, and partner in a strategy and advisor...
With Aporde 2024 having recently taken place, we are pleased to present a series of interviews with some of this year's lecturers and attendees.. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Adeyemi Dipeolu is an economist, diplomat, and public administrator. Until May 2023, he served as Special Adviser to the President on E...
With Aporde 2024 having recently taken place, we are pleased to present a series of interviews with some of this year's lecturers and attendees.. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Comrade Echezona Asuzu serves as the Principal Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and is the National Coo...
With Aporde 2024 having recently taken place, we are pleased to present a series of interviews with some of this year's lecturers and attendees.. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Dr. Uduak Akpan is an accomplished and versatile Development Economist with a strong research background and extensive professional exp...
With Aporde 2024 having recently taken place, we are pleased to present a series of interviews with some of this year's lecturers and attendees.. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Ha-Joon Chang has worked on a wide range of issues related to economic development, especially trade and industrial policies, productiv...
With Aporde 2024 having recently taken place, we are pleased to present a series of interviews with some of this year's lecturers and attendees.. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, endorsed by the African Union, is Africa's sole candidate for Director General of the United Nations Industrial Deve...
In addition to the six main episodes of the Aporde Podcast Series, we are pleased to present a supplementary series of interviews. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Mwanda Phiri-Mwewa is an economist who serves as Africa Lead at the Charter Cities Institute (CCI), overseeing CCI Zambia. Previously, she led the Tra...
In addition to the six main episodes of the Aporde Podcast Series, we are pleased to present a supplementary series of interviews. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Mwangi Wa Gĩthĩnji is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He co-directs the ...
In addition to the six main episodes of the Aporde Podcast Series, we are pleased to present a supplementary series of interviews. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Asma Othman is an aspiring Social Entrepreneur in providing technological solutions for Africa’s development. She has a BSc and MSc degrees in Archite...
In addition to the six main episodes of the Aporde Podcast Series, we are pleased to present a supplementary series of interviews. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Dr Rendani Mamphiswana is an innovation expert and policy scholar. His research focuses on innovation (firm level and national), and policy (science, ...
In addition to the six main episodes of the Aporde Podcast Series, we are pleased to present a supplementary series of interviews. These interviews are hosted and conducted by TIPS Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. The first interview is with Antonio Andreoni is Professor of Development Economics at the Department of Economics, SOAS University of London. He is also Honorary Professor at the Institute for ...
The African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) is a high high-level training programme in development economics targeting policy-makers, researchers, academics and civil society representatives from Africa and other developing countries. The programme has been running since 2007 and is a joint initiative between the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) and Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). This first in a six part series will...
The African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) is a high high-level training programme in development economics targeting policy-makers, researchers, academics and civil society representatives from Africa and other developing countries. The programme has been running since 2007 and is a joint initiative between the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) and Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). This second in a six part APORDE ser...
The African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) is a high high-level training programme in development economics targeting policy-makers, researchers, academics and civil society representatives from Africa and other developing countries. The programme has been running since 2007 and is a joint initiative between the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) and Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). This third in a six-part APORDE seri...
The African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) is a high high-level training programme in development economics targeting policy-makers, researchers, academics and civil society representatives from Africa and other developing countries. The programme has been running since 2007 and is a joint initiative between the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) and Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). This fourth podcast in a six-part Af...
The African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) is a high high-level training programme in development economics targeting policy-makers, researchers, academics and civil society representatives from Africa and other developing countries. The programme has been running since 2007 and is a joint initiative between the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) and Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). This fifth podcast in a six-part Afr...
The African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) is a high high-level training programme in development economics targeting policy-makers, researchers, academics and civil society representatives from Africa and other developing countries. The programme has been running since 2007 and is a joint initiative between the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) and Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). In this 6th episode and last instalm...
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