The Future Of Global Growth - Professor Jeffrey Sachs On Geopolitics and Fragmentation

The Future Of Global Growth - Professor Jeffrey Sachs On Geopolitics and Fragmentation

Nov. 20, 2025

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GIBS Business School

In a compelling lecture at GIBS, world-renowned economist Professor Jeffrey Sachs unpacked one of the most important geopolitical dynamics of our time: the re-balancing of global economic power from the North Atlantic to Asia - and the implications for Africa’s development trajectory.

Drawing on history, economics, and global strategy, Professor Sachs offered a clear, evidence-based narrative:

* The 2015 Council on Foreign Relations report explicitly framed preventing China’s rise as essential to preserving US primacy.

* Adam Smith’s 1776 insights on trade foreshadowed today’s global realignment... a shift the European controlled nations, now struggles to accept.

* Asia’s growth is a structured continuum: Japan’s modernization (1868) - the Asian Tigers - China’s reforms (1978) - India’s liberalization (1991) - and today’s rapid advances in Central Asia and the Gulf.

* China has accelerated this trajectory, adapting lessons from Japan and Singapore to build one of the world’s most technologically advanced economies in just four decades.

Professor Sachs also emphasized a critical point for Africa: globalization isn’t collapsing - it is re-organizing. With Africa projected to hold 25% of the world’s population by 2050 and up to 40% by 2100, the continent has a historic opportunity to shape the next era of global growth. Achieving sustained 8–10% annual growth, however, will require deep investment in education, digital infrastructure, and institutional capability.

This session was not simply a geopolitical conversation - it was a strategic masterclass that connected 1776, 1945, 1978, and 2025 in a powerful through-line. For leaders, policymakers, and anyone invested in Africa’s future, it is essential viewing.

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