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Tendai Biti
Former Minister of Finance, Zimbabwe
Tendai Biti is the Deputy President of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Zimbabwe's main opposition party and former Finance Minister. He has recently co-authored the book Democracy Works, with His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Greg Mills and Jeffrey Herbst. Democracy Works is the sequel to The Brenthurst Foundation's best-selling Making Africa Work. It is based on more than 300 interviews across Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe with policy-makers, politicians and analysts, and explores how we can learn to nurture and deepen democracy in Africa to ensure economic growth and political stability. They are currently launching the book in Washington DC.
Content by Tendai Biti
NEWS
Kirsty Coventry’s Governance Record Suggests she’s a Perfect Fit for the Opaque IOC
Greg Mills, Tendai Biti
24 Mar 2025
NEWS
Africa Should Stand Behind Ukraine’s Call for Peace
Tendai Biti, Greg Mills, Bobi Wine
26 Jun 2024
NEWS
Warfare State — why Zimbabwe Under Zanu-PF will not Progress
Tendai Biti, Ray Hartley, Greg Mills
20 Sep 2023
NEWS
When Liberation Movements don’t Liberate – and What Africans Can do About it
Kizza Besigye, Tendai Biti, Abel Chivukuvuku, Greg Mills
6 Apr 2023
EVENTS
How Populism is Rewiring the World - In the Name of the People Virtual Book Launch
with Ray Hartley, Tendai Biti
BOOKS
In the Name of the People: How Populism is Rewiring the World
Lyal White, Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno, Greg Mills, Ray Hartley, Christopher Clapham, Tendai Biti
NEWS
From Russia with Lavrov — His 'Charm' Offensive in Africa Should Meet No Love
Zitto Kabwe, Greg Mills, Tendai Biti, Bobi Wine
28 Jul 2022
VIDEOS
Somaliland: How to Get onto the Right Side of History
John Steenhuisen, Tendai Biti, Bobi Wine, Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Richard Morrow, Ray Hartley, Richard Harper
29 Jun 2022
NEWS
Dear Ndileka Mandela, There is Zero Moral Ambiguity in Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Greg Mills, Tendai Biti, Bobi Wine
10 Jun 2022
EVENTS
Watch the Webinar: Expensive Poverty - Why Aid Fails and How it Can Work
with Tendai Biti, Bobi Wine, Greg Mills
NEWS
Somaliland: The Power of Democracy
Tendai Biti, John Steenhuisen, Abbasali Haji, Chipokota-Mayamba Mwanawasa, John Githongo, Greg Mills
2 Jun 2021
EVENTS
Watch the Webinar: The ANC and Zimbabwe
with Tendai Biti, Greg Mills