Author: Hubert FOY | Director & Senior Research Scientist | AFRICSIS For a long time, nuclear energy was a nonstarter in World Bank corridors. The 2013 formalization of its ban on nuclear funding, prompted by global anxieties after the Fukushima disaster, had become a fixture of development finance orthodoxy. Countries that might have entertained the […]
From 26–30 May 2025, the International Conference on Stakeholder Engagement for Nuclear Power Programmes is taking place at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Representing the African Center for Science and International Security (AFRICSIS), Director and Senior Research Scientist Hubert Foy is contributing African perspectives to this high-level dialogue on inclusive and sustainable nuclear energy […]
The Prime Minister of Tanzania Hon. Kassim Majaliwa officially inaugurated the Second Joint Meeting of SADC’s Nuclear Regulators Network and the fifth Steering Committee of the Project “Support to Southern African States in Nuclear Safety and Safeguards” (Project MC 5.01/15 B). Mr. Majaliwa greeted the 40 plus participants coming from 16 countries and international organizations […]
The Memorandum aims to develop and strengthen cooperation in the fields of national legal framework, national policy, and institutional mechanisms regarding CBRN safety, safeguards, and security. One short-term goal of the Memorandum is for ISTC and AFRICSIS to partner in the implementation of Project MC5.01/B15 Support to the Southern African States in Nuclear Safety and […]
