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Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi

Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi is a lawyer and a Senior Research Fellow at the Development Watch Centre
55 Articles
Joined February 2025
Chinese perspectives on Africa’s late industrialization

Chinese perspectives on Africa’s late industrialization

Africa and China’s cooperation recedes hundreds of centuries back. Over 600 years ago, East Africa was one of the areas that cross-pollinated with Chinese civilization through interactions with the voyages...
Harmony as China’s grand strategy

Harmony as China’s grand strategy

Historically, it has been customary for major global powers to forcefully have their way. China has defied many details of how such nations behave. In close to half a century,...
China excels through simple attitudes

China excels through simple attitudes

I recently travelled to Beijing to participate in the 3rd Conference on Dialogue Between Chinese and African Civilizations organized by the China Africa Institute (CAI). In preparation for the conference, the...
The cost of prejudice: Rethinking China

The cost of prejudice: Rethinking China

Almost everything I know about China thus far, I have learnt from Western philosophers, academics, politicians and journalists. Many of the ideas that shape how I view China were not...
Uganda-China Should Collaborate on Climate Financing

Uganda-China Should Collaborate on Climate Financing

I wish to first pre-empt the scepticism shared by some people about the feasibility of different modes of climate finance and the efficacy of their impact on mitigating climate change....
Understanding Chinese Contribution to BUBU

Understanding Chinese Contribution to BUBU

It is easy to assume that the imbalance of trade between Uganda and China translates into an unfair play in the long-term development relationship shared by the two friendly states....
Should We Celebrate ICC’s Award to LRA Victims?

Should We Celebrate ICC’s Award to LRA Victims?

Towards the close of February 2024, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a record reparations order, compensating about 50,000 victims of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) up to $56 million...
Anti-Western Backlash and the need to rethink governance in Africa

Anti-Western Backlash and the need to rethink governance in Africa

USAID has one of the most appealing organisational commitments ever encapsulated in a mission statement. On behalf of the American people, they commit to promoting and demonstrating democratic values abroad...
Where Will Africa’s Democratization Come From?

Where Will Africa’s Democratization Come From?

The title of this Op-ed should not mislead us into thinking that I suggest a possibility of African countries being undemocratic. All of them are aligned towards democratization and in...