In this week’s round-up: What Uganda’s BRICS partner country status means; Nigerian spiritual leaders say BRICS will elevate Africa and attract more countries; What BRICS inclusion means for Nigeria; South Korea could benefit from BRICS membership.
What Uganda’s “BRICS Partner Country” status means
Uganda was the only country preferred by the BRICS in the East African Community, and which is dominated, arguably, in all measures by Kenya in terms of economic might, population and levels of development.
BRICS will elevate Africa, more countries will join – Primate Ayodele
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, lauded the inclusion of some African countries, including Nigeria, as partners in BRICS.
What does it really mean for Nigeria to be made a “partner country” to BRICS+?
What should be Nigeria’s strategy as it seeks to become a full member of both BRICS+ and G21? IT can take a cue from India. For instance, while India and China are powerful members of BRICS+, India is at the same time a member of the Quad, a strategic partnership with the United States, Japan, and Australia, whose primary, though unstated purpose, is to prevent Chinese hegemony in the Indo-Pacific.
South Korea eyes a rich BRICS road to the Global South
Despite its non-membership in BRICS, South Korea shares many of the coalition’s aspirations, particularly in diversifying economic partnerships and reducing dependence on a Western-centric international order.
