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Recognition for Carlos Lopes Work
Member of the International Commission of Experts on Financing for Development, Government of Spain & United Nations, Madrid & New York
Government of Spain & United Nations | Jul 2024
First Class Order of Zayed II, bestowed by the United Arab Emirates President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Abhu Dhabi Media Office | May 2024
Member of the G20 Task Force on a Global Mobilization Against Climate Change
Brazilian Government | Feb 2024
One of 100 most influential black personalities of the Lusophone World
Bantumen 100 Powerlist | Dec 2022
Confirmed by the United Nations Economic and Social Council as a member of the prestigious Committee for Development Policy for the period 2022 to 2024.
United Nations Economic and Social Council | Apr 2022
New Chair of the Board and Advisory Council of the African Climate Foundation
African Climate Foundation | Apr 2022
Appointed as > Foundational Fellow of the International Science Council
International Science Council | Mar 2022
Recognised by the African report as one of the 100 most influential Africans
The Africa Report | Oct 2019
Latest Blogs
L’Afrique ne reçoit que 23 % du financement climatique dont elle a besoin et paie le prix fort pour cela
Read MoreAfrica gets only 23% of the climate finance it needs – and pays too much for it
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Climate Diplomacy as Development Statecraft
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L’économie du développement à l’ère des bouleversements
Read MoreDevelopment Economics for an Age of Upheaval
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Cartographie : corriger la carte de l’Afrique, un enjeu économique et stratégique
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Carlos Lopes diz que fragilidade institucional alimenta instabilidade política na Guiné-Bissau
Alianza Ceibo é a vencedora do Prémio Gulbenkian para a Humanidade deste ano
African Inequality Review to fill in the gaps for policymakers
Fears mount that next UN chief will downgrade climate action
The United Nations Votes 164-1 to “Correct the Map” on Africa’s Size
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Lopes notes: “A more accurate map cannot single-handedly transform economies or erase deep structural inequalities, but it plays a necessary role in dismantling an inherited visual hierarchy. Africa does not need to be artificially enlarged or embellished; it simply nee
More than $900 billion: you need an army of young people, and yes, change the system to include algorithms and coding in primary school. And that is not that expensive. I have been preaching to African leaders to do just that.
South Korea is investing almost $900bn to rival China and the US as an AI superpower.
To ensure enough home-grown talent, primary school children are taught robotics and how to code.
Al Jazeera’s Jack Barton reports.
Some African leaders are aware of speed. We have to run like a cheetah.
Five months ago, an East African refinery was an idea at #AfricaWeBuild. Today, the US$16bn project broke ground in Lamu as Kenya's largest-ever FDI. What comes next matters most: skilled jobs, local business and futures closer to home.
Worth rereading, almost a decade later. In 2017, Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu and I argued that Africa’s energy challenge had to be understood as an opportunity for investment, innovation and structural transformation — with African business at its centre. Today, Dangote has
My dear @Siviwe_G, as your former Prof, I bow!
Siviwe Gwarube Is on the 2026 TIME100 Next
Find out why Siviwe Gwarube is on this year’s list
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From Brazil's @exame, sharing my assessment of COP31 prospects.
'Expectativas muito baixas', diz enviado especial da COP30 para a África sobre COP31 na Turquia |...
Para Carlos Lopes, ex-dirigente da ONU, o contexto geopolítico que afetou Belém ainda pesa sobre as negociações e deve impedir novos acordos
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🌍 Your accent should never decide whether you belong.
From South Africa to the wider continent, language is becoming a weapon of exclusion. 🚫🗣️How can we build African unity while treating fellow Africans as outsiders? Belonging cannot be a pronunciation test. 🤝
🚨 AI has a Japan-sized revenue problem.
Bain puts annual revenue needed by 2031 at $6T. Current services? $1.8T.
The $4.2T gap roughly equals Japan’s ENTIRE 2024 GDP. 🇯🇵
Data centers are racing ahead of demand. Can breakthroughs catch up—or does the bubble burst? 💥
The global AI industry needs to earn $6 trillion in annual revenue by 2031 to justify the capital being deployed to build data centers around the world, according to a Bain report https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-29/ai-faces-6-trillion-test-to-justify-data-centers-bain-says?taid=6abb1cd404e39600019eed7e&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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