
Tighisti Amare
@tighistiamare
Deputy Director @AfricaProg @Chathamhouse - all views my own. Retweets are not endorsements.
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29-11-2010 20:34:47
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💡Did U know? Africa has the highest rate of women entrepreneurs👏! More than a quarter of all businesses in 🌍 are run by women💪🏿. On #AfricasWomenDay we celebrate the strength, endurance, creativity, ❤️& dedication You apply to everything You do🎊.KAS South Africa KAS_PolDiSSA


🇰🇪#Kenya's economic challenges have been attributed to various external actors. Chatham House's Fergus Kell argues that a closer look at Kenya’s debt burden reveals that responsibility should primarily fall upon Kenya’s leaders. chathamhouse.org/2024/08/does-p…

This recent Chatham House paper encourages a reappraisal of Western-led policies to Niger, which puts patterns of human mobility in context of conflict, geopolitical competition, climate change & emerging political economies linked to the mining sector ⬇️ chathamhouse.org/2024/07/tackli…

🚨New opportunity to work with the Chatham House Africa Programme! We are looking for a talented Projects Assistant who will work closely with our research teams to coordinate different project activities. Apply by 18 August: careers.chathamhouse.org/jobs/4812864-p…

My new expert comment with Chatham House Africa Chatham House Alex Vines on the outcomes of the recently concluded ninth #FOCAC and developments in #China ’s engagement with #Africa: chathamhouse.org/2024/09/china-…

🌍#FOCAC brought 51 African heads of state to Beijing and Indonesia just hosted its second Africa Forum — demonstrating the global interest in #Africa. Tighisti Amare & Alex Vines discuss how the challenges to balance these growing intl. relationships: chathamhouse.org/2024/09/china-…

Pleasure engaging with brilliant minds: Tighisti Amare of Chatham House Africa, Elizabeth Donnelly of Wilton Park, and Kholood Khair Kholood Khair, visionary founder & director of Confluence Advisory at #CHevents this afternoon.



Session ten | What does the world want from Europe? Tighisti Amare chairs the tenth session of our 2024 Europe’s Strategic Choices conference. Discussing how Europe should approach the Global South are Jake Dan-Azumi, Juan Battaleme, Ajit Gupte and Lidet Tadesse.


🌍In 2025, #Africa’s voice will be amplified as #SouthAfrica assumes the #G20 presidency. Collaboration with new G20 member, the #AU, offers a chance to advance institutional reform and expand Africa’s inclusion in global governance — Tighisti Amare chathamhouse.org/publications/t…

This week we were delighted to welcome The Rt Hon David Lammy, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom to Chatham House where he met with African Heads of Mission for a consultation on the UK government's upcoming Africa


This week we were delighted to welcome The Rt Hon David Lammy (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office) back to Chatham House. Here he met with African Heads of Mission for a consultation on the UK government's Africa Approach. The meeting was held under the Chatham House Rule.


🗓️Upcoming #AUSummit event | African peace processes: Prospects for durable agreements to end conflicts Register: chathamhouse.org/events/all/res… This event, in partnership with UNDP Africa, examines the experiences gained from peace negotiations on the African continent and the role



.#SDG16 is the foundation upon which transformative development rests. Innovation and digital technologies provide key accelerators towards a just, peaceful and inclusive society. Hosted the Chatham House CEO Bronwen Maddox at the UN Development 🇳🇬 Innovation Center were we engaged with


Podcast🎙️| How can Nigeria tackle corruption? Leena Koni Hoffmann (Chatham House Africa) joins Bronwen Maddox to discuss how civil society, institutions and individuals can fight corruption in 🇳🇬. Apple: apple.co/43PSH5E Spotify: spoti.fi/43V0O0T chathamhouse.org/2025/04/indepe…

Heartfelt congratulations to dear friend Tighisti Amare on her well-deserved appointment as Programme Director at Chatham House Africa. Wishing her every success! chathamhouse.org/2025/06/new-di…



New in The Round Table! In my article with Chatham House Africa’s Alex Vines, ‘#Africa's expanding role in language-based multilateral organisations’, we explore the strategic value of Africa’s ties with the #Commonwealth, #Francophonie & #Lusophone blocs.

At today’s UN Security Council High-Level Open Debate on “Poverty, Underdevelopment and Conflict,” AU Commission chief H.E. Mahmoud Ali youssouf stressed that poverty, inequality, & underdevelopment are not just challenges; they are drivers of conflict. “Where guns are the loudest, human
