1. Foreign Aid

As foreign aid to Africa decreases, is this change ultimately a setback that increases economic vulnerability, or could it serve as a catalyst for more resilient, self-sustaining growth across the continent? 

 2. African Economy & Politics

 To what extent does the recruitment of African youth into foreign military conflicts, such as the current situation in Russia, represent a ‘Poverty Draft’ driven by domestic state failure rather than a voluntary labor choice? Additionally, how do deceptive media narratives and middlemen recruitment tactics reflect historical patterns of exploitation, and what does this indicate about the current decolonization of information systems in Africa? 

 3. Global opportunities for Africans

 How can African countries prosper in the new global economy? 

As global powers transition from ‘open trade’ to security-based economic blocs, does Africa’s potential strategy of restricting raw mineral exports to promote local industrialization represent a pathway to genuine economic independence, or does it risk provoking destabilizing geopolitical responses from nations dependent on these resources? 

 4. Trade and investments

 In a global economy characterized by high-interest historical debt and changing geopolitical protectionism, can African nations realistically fund the significant investments in human capital—such as education and AI literacy—needed to escape the commodity trap? Or will the burden of debt and new trade barriers from the West push the continent into a new era of digital and economic dependency? How can African leaders leverage the AI revolution and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to break this cycle without compromising their sovereignty and stability? 

 5. Media and Information

To what extent do media systems, ‘theatrical elections,’ and digital authoritarian practices in African countries construct narratives of international legitimacy while shaping, limiting, or distorting domestic political agency? (reflecting on what happened in Congo, Cameroon, Tanzania & Uganda) 

 6. Education & Technology

 The rapid pace of the AI revolution presents a significant challenge for African higher education: balancing the immediate demand for market-ready technical skills with the long-term need for rigorous academic training. From a policy perspective, how can African universities and schools restructure their curricula to offer a dual-track education? (The goal is to ensure that students are prepared to operate these systems, govern and innovate within them) 

 Given the call for “ethics and responsibility” in data collection, what would a uniquely African data governance model look like that protects community knowledge from data colonialism by foreign tech giants? 

 7. Global Cooperation & Peacebuilding

 How can global cooperation frameworks be restructured to support African nations in negotiating trade agreements collectively—rather than individually with major powers like the United States—in ways that promote equitable partnerships, strengthen regional integration, and ensure mutual economic benefits across regions? 

 8. Governance & Policy strategy

How can African countries balance the catch-up investment in AI per capita while simultaneously addressing the primary ‘analog’ gap of basic computer literacy and rural electrification? 

 9. Agriculture

 While the AI revolution holds great potential for climate resilience and agriculture in Africa, much of the relevant data is captured via satellites or foreign-owned platforms, often bypassing the rural communities it is meant to serve. What policy frameworks or governance can ensure that AI implementation in rural Africa is a collaborative process that integrates local knowledge, safeguards the community interests, and avoids top-down technological imposition? (more like rethinking on bridging the digital divide) 

 10. Health & Climate 

 As Africa transitions from a model that relies on foreign aid to locally driven health sovereignty, how might this transformation reshape the global health power balance? Furthermore, can efficiency improvements realistically bridge the funding gap required to protect 1.4 billion people from the combined impacts of climate change and disease? (reflecting the termination of USAID)

 11. Immigration

 12. Entertainment and Sports