WHY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE MATTERS FOR AFRICA: CRISES, LESSONS AND SETTING THE POLITICAL AGENDA FOR POST-WESTERN ORDER

Using Africa’s experience during the 2008 global financial crisis and COVID-19 pandemic, this study explores how peripheral positions of Africa in governance has disproportionately exposed continent to inordinate impacts crises argues for an increased role governance. A common position premised on AU is advanced as capable providing with adequate impetus shape affairs by espousing unified multilateral platforms. This reiterates that developing such expanded can responses issues reforms UNSC, international aid regime, climate change, debt management, trade, economic governance, should adopt leverage its continental frameworks AfCFTA AfDB unlock capacity which foundation upon contemporary political influence premised.