Introduction: Africa in the age of globalisation / Social and institutional development. Globalisation and Africa: critical historical and deconstructive/reconstructive epistemic reflections / African development post-2015: sustainable agency or reversion to dependency? / Democracy and governance in Africa: lessons from Senegal / Globalisation, sovereign debt and adjustment programmes in Africa: implications for creditors, debtors and policy makers in Europe / Technology and global partnerships. The paradox of broadband access in Sub-Saharan Africa / Aspirations for Senegal: exploring international NGO partnerships / Globalisation, NGOs and multi-sectoral relations: Zimbabwean experience 1980-2012 / China-Japan rivalry in Africa / Gender, migration and settlement. Evidence based policy-making in the age of globalisation: measuring the impact of Chinese investments on women in Sub-Saharan Africa / The cracks and the crevices: Rwandan women in the diaspora navigating gender regimes in Rwanda and Canada / Gender, contemporary realities, and the challenges of reconstructing identities in a transnational context / Education and globalisation in Africa. Demystifying the misperceptions and realities about the efficacy of monograde and multigrade pedagogies: Africa's response to globalisation in education / Revitalising higher education in the age of globalisation: the African dilemma / Globalising education for globalised labour markets: brain drain or gain for Africa