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The BRICS countries--Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa--have become a strong engine of South-South cooperation, contributing to a significant shift in the global balance of power. They also, taken as a whole, constitute Africa's largest trading partner. The authors of this new collection consider the potential of BRICS-Africa cooperation for promoting sustainable African development. CONTENTS: Introduction--Y. April and M. Kanyane. GOVERNANCE IN THE POST-COVID-19 ERA. BRICS Governance and Ethics Architecture: Challenges and Prospects--M. Kanyane. China-Africa Cooperation in the Post-Pandemic Era: Challenges and Way Forward--H. Weping. THE RELEVANCE OF THE BRICS MULTI-DEVELOPMENT BANK FUNDING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. The BRICS Development Bank: A Development Finance Model Conducive to the Strengthening of South-South Cooperation--R. Ridolfi. The BRICS, the New Development Bank, and African Development--I. Khambule. Strengthening the BRICS Financial Cooperation Mechanism: Promoting Pragmatic Development--L. Yijun. Analyzing the BRICS Development Bank Response to Covid-19--B. Kanyane and N. Ngqwala. The BRICS and Technology in Africa. The Future of Work in South Africa--K. Chetty. Financing Renewable Energy Technologies in BRICS--K. Pillay et al. Promoting Financial Technology Partnerships in the BRICS--K. Chetty et al. ADDRESSING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISPARITIES AND INEQUALITIES IN BRICS AND AFRICA. BRICS and Transformation of Africa's Infrastructure in the Covid-19 Era: Rhetoric and Reality--R.T. Lisinge. Lessons in Sustainable Development for South Africa from the Affordable Housing Policy of the BRICS Countries--J. Jose et al. Women Entrepreneurs in the BRICS Informal Economy: A Transformative Agenda Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic--O.E. Okeke-Uzodike. BRICS: Finding and Funding t