The next Online Global China Conversation will take place on October 26, 2023 and will address India’s potential to become an alternative to China as an important sales and sourcing market for Germany and the EU.  An ageing population, structurally weaker growth in China and the general de-risking tone are turning all eyes to India: while China’s working-age population is shrinking, India’s will grow. Investors see the country’s relative economic autonomy as an opportunity to better hedge against the effects […]

During the G20 summit in mid-September 2023 in New Delhi, the governments of India, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Italy, France, Germany, the European Union and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding, aiming to establish the India – Middle East – Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC). This is expected to improve and intensify the connectivity and economic integration between Asia, the Arabian Gulf, and Europe through railway and shipping networks. Shortly after the announcement […]

On September 19, 2023, the Conference “Shaping Africa’s Future: Geopolitics. Business. Sustainability” took place in the AXICA Congress Centre in Berlin. This conference brought together people from policy, business, and academia from African and European countries, including KCG research fellows, to discuss the forces shaping Africa’s economic future. Prof. Aoife Hanley, Ph.D. (KCG, Kiel Institute and Kiel University; in the middle of the picture) delivered research results about Africa’s businesswomen. Her presentation “Africa’s businesswomen – underfunded or underperforming?” shared new […]