Dr Sergio Chichava is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Social and Economic Studies (IESE) in Mozambique, where he leads a new research programme on rising powers and development. Chichava has been lecturing on the Sociology of Politics and Mozambican Politics at Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, and has held fellowships at Oxford University and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). His recent work focuses on the role of China and Brazil in Mozambique’s agriculture sector. His most recent publications are: China and Mozambique: From Comrades to Capitalists (Jacana 2014) co-edited with Chris Alden; Future Agriculture Consortium Working Paper 111 (2015); and Future Agriculture Consortium Working Paper 111 (with Natália Fingermann).