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Africa is regularly presented as a future engine of global growth. But does it really occupy a strategic place in global value chains, or does it remain confined to a peripheral and extractive role?
This episode questions the structural position of the African continent in the world economy: export of raw materials, low local processing, technological dependence and limited capture of value added.
It also analyses the environmental and social consequences of this model, where some territories become areas of discharge from the negative externalities of the global productive system.
Finally, the episode opens the door to reflection on the conditions necessary for a true rise in industrial range and a more equitable African integration in international value chains.
