Alexander Tripp

  • Associate Director
  • Contact email: africa@atlanticcouncil.org
  • Media queries: press@atlanticcouncil.org

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AfricaSource

May 1, 2024

With Africa’s minerals in demand, Russia and the US each offer what the other can’t

By Alexander Tripp

African countries must choose wisely between the United States and Russia in their search for a partner on critical minerals.

Africa Critical Minerals

AfricaSource

Mar 18, 2024

The critical-minerals boom is here. Can Africa take advantage?

By Alexander Tripp

The critical minerals discussion on extraction, national security, and supply chains will move past Africa unless the moment is seized.

Africa Critical Minerals

AfricaSource

Oct 12, 2022

Before moving forward, King Charles III must address the Commonwealth’s past with Africa

By Alexander Tripp and Caitlin Mittrick

The queen’s death brought the monarchy’s legacy of colonialism on the African continent to the fore. What’s next for the Commonwealth and Africa?

Africa International Norms
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Alexander Tripp is the associate director for the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center. His focuses include security, climate, trade, and Sino-African relations. Having joined the Council in 2022, highlights of his work include leading the Center’s activities around the US-Africa Leaders Summit, the UN Conference of the Parties, and the annual IMF-World Bank meetings, as well as the Center’s programming on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and sports diplomacy (including around the 2026 FIFA World Cup).

Tripp holds an LLM from Peking University and an MSc in international affairs from the London School of Economics. Tripp grew up abroad, living across Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia. Having attended high school in Johannesburg, South Africa, he has a passion for the Springboks.