About Us - MES Africa

Who are we?

We are a group of scholar-activists from Africa, Europe and the US who have begun tackling the question of economic and political self-determination on the African continent with a focus on the constraining role of money and finance. Going forward, we are hoping to internationalize further and build a movement in the spirit of international solidarity working towards the abolition of global inequalities.

Our work

The first edition of the African Economic and Monetary Sovereignty Conference “The Quest for Economic and Monetary Sovereignty in 21st Century Africa: lessons to be learned and ways forward.” (Tunis, 6-9th November 2019)
Economic and Monetary Sovereignty in 21st Century Africa, a collective volume, edited by Maha Ben Gadha, Fadhel Kaboub, Kai Koddenbrock, Ines Mahmoud, and Ndongo Samba Sylla. (London Pluto Press, 2021.)
Open Letter: Africa’s Pandemic Response Calls for Reclaiming Economic & Monetary Sovereignty, 2020. Signed by more than 600 activists, scholars, and economists. Translated in more than 40 languages.
The second edition of the African Economic and Monetary Sovereignty Conference “Facing the socio-ecological crisis: Delinking and the question of Global Reparations.” (Dakar, 25-28th October 2022)
Working on establishing an African Heterodox Economics Network (AHEN)