Britain and Africa: heading for the Brexit rocks

Abstract: High-flying illusions on the part of the proponents, and grim predictions of the sceptics characterize the controversy about Brexit. The article analyses five of the major issues at stake for the Post-Brexit relationships between Britain, the EU and Africa with a focus on the Commonwealth Africa: namely market access, FDI, aid, security and partnership. The British government’s vision of a ‘Global Britain’ relies heavily on a reinforced co-operation with Commonwealth nations and liberalized markets. Whether this would imply better access to markets also for Africa and protection of its infant industries is open to question. In view of the strong position of the City of London in global financial markets Post-Brexit policy could result in substantial net investment in Africa. However, most likely this would be possible only at the expense of the poor in Africa and elsewhere. The perspectives of future aid relationship of the UK with Africa after Brexit are closely entangled with Bri

Object Details

• Alternative title: Großbritannien und Afrika: im Aufbruch zu den Brexit-Felsen
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Preprint ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Africa Spectrum ; 47 (2018) 2 ; 20

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Politik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2018
• Creator: Kohnert, Dirk

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-59051-1
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 14.08.2025, 10:59 AM CEST