Maddalena Procopio

Senior policy fellow Africa @ECFR @EcfrAfrica, PhD @LSEIRdept and Research Associate @ispionline | #AfricaChina | #EUAfrica | #energy

[Maddalena Procopio @madprocopio]

🚀yay, after months of research, interviews, data collection here our policy brief on the 🇦🇪UAE’s growing presence in Africa's energy and mineral sectors written with @CorradoCok.
👇key msg and ideas for Europe to manage risks and seize opportunities🧵 https://t.co/1yStEmd7qE

[Maddalena Procopio @madprocopio]

6/⚠️The real tests ahead • Embed Africa’s industrialisation into Italian value chains • Closer alignment with Global Gateway & European initiatives to boost European presence in Africa • Geopolitics: embed Italy in African hedging strategies via EU & trilateral coalitions

[Maddalena Procopio @madprocopio]

🇮🇹🌍From Rome to Addis: two years of the #MatteiPlan. Today, PM Giorgia Meloni launches the second Italy–Africa Summit in Addis, the first on African soil. Tomorrow, she attends the AU Summit as special guest, an invitation with diplomatic weight. #ItalyAfrica @ECFRAfrica

[Maddalena Procopio @madprocopio]

5/💰Italy has multilateralised the Plan, embedding a national strategy into global architectures + evolving blended finance ecosystems. Italian DFIs, export credit agencies, guarantees. European actors: EIB, EBRD. Multilaterals: AfDB, WB, UN. Bilateral: UAE, Saudi Arabia

[ECFR Roma @ECFRRoma]

🌍 L’Angola e gli UAE mostrano come l’Africa stia diversificando i propri partner. L'UE deve superare divisioni interne, ridurre la dipendenza dagli USA e dialogare con nuovi attori per restare centrale nella regione
✍️ @madprocopio x @ECFRAfrica
https://t.co/Zq51VMNFy2

[ECFR Africa @ECFRAfrica]

‼️📢 New @ecfr brief
Our programme director, Alex Vines wrote a piece on #Angola, host of the current AU-EU Summit. The country is pursuing a strategy of purposeful non-alignment and is becoming an increasingly important “middle power” in the world.
📑🌍👇
https://t.co/qeod7tVBbZ

[ECFR Africa @ECFRAfrica]

#Angola is hosting the AU-EU Summit this week. Read about the country’s effort to diversify its partnerships and position itself as a regional logistics, energy and agribusiness hub and what that means for #Europe.‼️👇 @ecfr @madprocopio
https://t.co/hlSTIHlrB2

[Alberto Magnani @AlbMagna17]

Il governo prova a "europeizzare" il Piano Mattei con 11 intese strategiche fra Italia e #Ue oggi al vertice #Africa a Roma. Sullo sfondo c'è sempre di più il #Golfo. L'anticipazione del @sole24ore sull'incontro di oggi con @vonderleyen e istituzioni del Continente

[Maddalena Procopio @madprocopio]

The original article is on the @ecfr @ECFRAfrica website: https://t.co/ZOkXXcAf6q

[Maddalena Procopio @madprocopio]

🥳The policy brief I recently co-authored with @CorradoCok "Diversification nations: The Gulf way to engage with Africa" is now available in 7 languages thanks to @WorldnNewWorld!
🌍 English, Korean, Spanish, German, Arabic, French, Russian
🔗 Read here: https://t.co/uNaFLF6TvG

[IRIS @InstitutIRIS]

@CNRS @CAK_UMR @IDDRI_ThinkTank @pwatkinson ♻️Stratégies climatiques des monarchies du Golfe en Afrique : sécurisation des ressources
📌Eleonora Ardemagni, cherch asso @ispionline
📌@MatthieuBrun3, dir sci @FondationFARM
📌@madprocopio, cherch @ecfr
📌Sami Ramdani, cherch IRIS
️🎙️Martin Collet, ass rech IRIS

[ECFR Roma @ECFRRoma]

Si è concluso il primo vertice UE-Sudafrica dopo sette anni. Pretoria rimane fedele ad una politica di ambiguità, mentre l'UE ha colto l'occasione per promuovere le sue ambizioni attraverso un nuovo tipo di partenariato, scrive @madprocopio 👇
https://t.co/mhXpUh7YSF

[Maddalena Procopio @madprocopio]

Kudos to @hmryder, CEO of @DevReimagined for an amazing initiative connecting China and Africa through one of the greatest forms of cultural expression: fabrics and fashion. Love to see Italian @vogue_italia report on this. https://t.co/KNdpmHmqHv

[ECFR MENA @ECFRMena]

The growing presence of Gulf states in #Africa’s energy transition means Europeans can help improve access to clean energy across the continent. Read @madprocopio & @CorradoCok's policy brief @ECFRAfrica https://t.co/IpTsHeexwa

[Maddalena Procopio @madprocopio]

@formichenews dedica un numero all’#Africa🌍Felice di aver contribuito con un pezzo sui #mineralicritici: strategie internazionali, sfide per l'Europa, e il ruolo chiave degli attori africani. Un tema cruciale per il futuro globale! Tanti altri articoli! https://t.co/avMmWhAnLt

[Maddalena Procopio @madprocopio]

@currentanalyst @ecfr @ECFRAfrica @ECFRRoma @currentanalyst yes they are critical! We focused primarily on energy relations, as they became a key force reshaping foreign policy dynamics in recent years. However, agriculture remains central to Gulf-Africa relations, playing a crucial role alongside this shifting landscape.

[Maddalena Procopio @madprocopio]

💡29 marzo, Milano e online - parlerò a Dialoghi sull'Africa organizzato da @africarivista del nuovo policy brief scritto con @CorradoCok per @ECFR su Golfo-Africa! Se interessati al ruolo dell'Africa nell'attuale scacchiere internazionale non perdetelo. https://t.co/4PXIeH6Kx4👇

[Maddalena Procopio @madprocopio]

Thanks @MYBISA for including our newly launched Policy Brief in your 'Take Five'.

"Diversification nations: The Gulf way to engage with Africa" with @CorradoCok @ECFRAfrica
https://t.co/ZOkXXcAf6q

[BISA - British International Studies Association @MYBISA]

NEW 'Take Five' from Director/CEO @JulietDryden & Comms Intern Eve Harrison-Taylor

Our top 5 readings/podcasts on #internationalstudies!
inc: @madprocopio + @CorradoCok - @ecfr
@charlicarpenter - @WPReview
@TheseTimesPod and more: https://t.co/uUCLoM6sIT

@ConversationUK

[Maddalena Procopio @madprocopio]

📢 Come join us on 31 March if you are interested in how Gulf-Africa relations are evolving and the impact on Europe. Great panel with @NawafAlThani @HubertKinkoh @jbdacey. We will also discuss our newly published policy Brief "Diversification Nations" 👉 https://t.co/K6YPgVbgFo

[ECFR Africa @ECFRAfrica]

EVENT ALERT
📆 31 March, 12-1pm CET
With @NawafAlThani, @HubertKinkoh, @madprocopio, & @jbdacey, we will discuss whether Africa-Europe-Gulf relations could offer a more resilient model of cooperation in today’s uncertain geopolitical landscape. Register 👇https://t.co/suon472PGp