In this episode of the APORDE Podcast Series, host Thobani Khumalo speaks with Professor Mushtaq Khan of SOAS University of London about governance, corruption, and why many development and industrial policies fail at the point of implementation. Professor Khan introduces his influential concept of political settlements and explains why effective governance reforms must be pragmatic, incremental, and aligned with existing power structures. The discussion challenges moralistic approaches ...
Jan 8
23 min
Host Thobani Khumalo sits down with Dr. Seeraj Mohamed (Deputy Director for Economics, South African Parliamentary Budget Office; Adjunct Professor, UWC) to unpack what sets heterodox/decolonial economics apart from the mainstream. Dr. Mohamed traces the shift from political economy’s focus on production, reproduction, and distribution to neoclassical models centred on markets and “rational” agents—showing what gets left out: unpaid care work, environmental costs, power, institutions, and col...
Nov 11, 2025
24 min
In this episode, Prof. Mwangi Wa Gĩthĩnji (University of Massachusetts Amherst) challenges the idea that there’s a single road to “modernity.” Drawing on his co-edited trilogy Decolonial Reconstellations—especially Volume II, Dissolving Master Narratives—he argues for development defined as expanding people’s possibilities in their own historical and ecological context. That means industrialising under climate constraints, negotiating transformation within democratic politics, and learning fr...
Nov 11, 2025
18 min
In this episode, Thobani Khumalo speaks with Prof. Fiona Tregenna (University of Johannesburg; SARChI in Industrial Development) about the evolution and significance of APORDE—the African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics. Prof. Tregenna reflects on two decades of the programme, why exposure to plural and heterodox perspectives matters, and how APORDE and its sister course IPPM (Industrial Policy for Policymakers) build lasting professional networks across the continent. The conve...
Oct 31, 2025
16 min
With Aporde 2024 having recently taken place, we are pleased to present a series of interviews with some of this year's lecturers and attendees.. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Honorable Zeinab Camara is a prominent Guinean political leader, senior international consultant, and partner in a strategy and advisor...
Dec 2, 2024
26 min
With Aporde 2024 having recently taken place, we are pleased to present a series of interviews with some of this year's lecturers and attendees.. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Adeyemi Dipeolu is an economist, diplomat, and public administrator. Until May 2023, he served as Special Adviser to the President on E...
Nov 19, 2024
16 min
With Aporde 2024 having recently taken place, we are pleased to present a series of interviews with some of this year's lecturers and attendees.. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Comrade Echezona Asuzu serves as the Principal Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and is the National Coo...
Nov 18, 2024
14 min
With Aporde 2024 having recently taken place, we are pleased to present a series of interviews with some of this year's lecturers and attendees.. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Dr. Uduak Akpan is an accomplished and versatile Development Economist with a strong research background and extensive professional exp...
Oct 31, 2024
19 min
With Aporde 2024 having recently taken place, we are pleased to present a series of interviews with some of this year's lecturers and attendees.. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Ha-Joon Chang has worked on a wide range of issues related to economic development, especially trade and industrial policies, productiv...
Oct 28, 2024
22 min
With Aporde 2024 having recently taken place, we are pleased to present a series of interviews with some of this year's lecturers and attendees.. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, endorsed by the African Union, is Africa's sole candidate for Director General of the United Nations Industrial Deve...
Oct 24, 2024
15 min
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