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The Quiet Harvest: Corporate Espionage Targeting Foreign Businesses in Africa and the Intelligence Gap That Enables It

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About the author:  Nijat Babazade Threat Intelligence analyst Institution: FH BFI Vienna   . Most foreign businesses operating in Africa carry a mental map of the risks they face. Armed conflict in unstable zones. Regulatory unpredictability. Fraud at the transactional level. What rarely appears on that map is the more deliberate, structured threat: the systematic targeting of their people, their data, and their competitive intelligence by actors with the patience and capability to wait months before taking anything of value. Corporate espionage against foreign firms in Africa is not a marginal phenomenon. It is a growth sector, and the gap between how most corporate security functions are configured and what the actual threat environment demands has never been wider. This article examines who is running these operations, how they work in practice, what the early indicators look like, and what a protective intelligence function needs to do differently. It tries to do so wi...
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Africa and the Emerging Multipolar World Order: Repositioning the Continent through Strategic Diplomacy and Economic Engagement

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Author: Oyelayo Daniel Adeyinka is a student of English and International Studies at Osun State University (UNIOSUN). His academic focus extends to literary studies and the intersection of media, diplomacy, and leadership. As an aspiring diplomat and an advocate for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 4, 11, 16, & 17), he is passionate about contributing to international peace, effective communication, and global cooperation. Daniel currently serves as the Academic Coordinator and Assistant General Coordinator of the Deeper Life Campus Fellowship, UNIOSUN Ikire Chapter. Publisher: Fulcrum Analytics. Introduction The global power structure has undergone a significant transformation since the end of the Cold War (1947–1991). The unipolar world order, led and dominated by the United States, has gradually given way to a multipolar international system marked by China's emergence, Russia's re-emergence, and new regional behemoths like India and Brazil. This is largely reshufflin...
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MILITARY BOOTS AND A PATH TO TRUE GOVERNANCE - A WEST AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE

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Author: Chinedu Onwe   is a dedicated lawyer, academic research writer, and editor with over 5 years of experience producing high-quality, analytical content in law, international relations, and global politics. His work is driven by a deep passion for the International Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) and International Humanitarian Law (IHL), reflecting his keen interest in how legal frameworks interface and influences global peace, security, and governance. Publisher: Fulcrum Analytics. INTRODUCTION In their work titled ”Governance, Politics an the State”, Jon Pierre and Guy Peters defined true governance as the “patterns and processes of rule that emerge in a society when the boundaries between state, market and civic society become blurred, emphasizing accountability, participation, and legitimacy”. It depicts the departure from traditional governance system to a system where there is absence of absolute state control, giving room for contribution from other democratic institut...
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The Role of AI-Driven Predictive Analytics in COIN/CT Operations of Burkina Faso

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  Author:   India  Bill Christopher Arputharaj is a Research Scholar affiliated with the Department of Strategic Technologies, School of National Security Studies, at the Central University of Gujarat, Vadodara Campus, Gujarat, India.  His academic work is situated within the broader field of strategic technologies and national security studies.  For all correspondence regarding this research, he can be reached at christopher240721001@cug.ac.in.  Publisher: Fulcrum Analytics. Backdrop: Threat Landscape in the Sahel Region: The Sahelian theatre of operations, focusing on Burkina Faso, necessitates a re-examination of Counter-Insurgency (COIN) and Counter-Terrorism (CT) tactics in light of the dynamic nature of asymmetric warfare. The crisis traces back to the 2011 downfall of Libyan state control, which had caused a flood of sophisticated weapons and seasoned combatants into the Sahel region and hence encouraged insurgencies in northern M...
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Mutiny and Mayhem in Madagascar: A Crucible of Colonial Shadows, Power Struggles, and Regional Risk

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Protesters were observed cheering alongside a Malagasy military vehicle during a nationwide youth-led demonstration in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on October 11, 2025. Source: Reuters.  Authored by Alwyn Swart, Senior Intelligence Analyst / Fulcrum Analytics Antananarivo, Madagascar – Madagascar finds itself at a perilous crossroads,   gripped by unrest that portends fundamental changes not only to its own political landscape but also to the stability of the wider Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.  What began as youth-led protests ignited by crippling power outages and water shortages have swiftly escalated into an extraordinary political crisis, with an elite military unit mutinying and openly attempting to seize control of the state.   At the eye of this storm stands President Andry Rajoelina, a figure whose political trajectory is inseparable from Madagascar's contentious history of governance and foreign influence.  Rajoelina firs...
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