Guest: Professor Mammo Muchie: Pan Africanist scholar, and research chair at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)

Ethiopia will be considered as an official member of BRICS from January 2024, with the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed describing this as a “great moment” for the country. For Addis Ababa, membership in BRICS is a significant geo-economic, geo-political, and diplomatic victory.