Ken Opalo

School of Foreign Service

Ken Opalo is an Associate Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. His research interests include legislative politics, subnational administration and local government and the political economy of development. He is a co-convener of the Africa-China Research Group on Digital Infrastructure.

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Research Group: Africa-China Digital Infrastructure

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Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown Unit

The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service was founded in 1919 as the first school of international affairs in the United States. It offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs in Washington, D.C., and through Georgetown's campus in…

Main Campus Georgetown Unit

The Main Campus is the administrative center of Georgetown University and home to six of its schools: the College of Arts & Sciences, the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, the McDonough School of Business, the McCourt School of Public…

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The 2023 BRICS Summit and Its Potential Impacts for Africa and the Global Order Video

South Africa hosted the fourteenth annual BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Summit in late August 2023. One of the biggest takeaways was the agreement to admit six new member countries: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi…