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 the Nexus Between Peace, Security, and Development--B. Siwisa. • African Low-Income Countries' Leapfrogging Development and the Role of the BRICS Countries: A Case Study of Ethiopia and Rwanda--A. Ping and Z. Weiyun. • BRICS AND THE HEALTH INDUSTRY IN AFRICA. • An Innovation-Sharing Platform for Vaccine Research in BRICS--K. Chetty and C. Hongoro. • Assessing Covid-19 and Telemedicine Collaboration on Energy and Internet Communications Technology: Implications for Health in Africa--Y. April and L. Mengdi. • China-Africa Health Cooperation and Its Implications for the Covid-19 Pandemic--Z. Liu. • Resilience of Health Systems to Disease Outbreaks: Covid-19-- A Comparative Analysis of South Africa and the Other BRICS Countries Using the Global Health Security Index--C. Hongoro et al. • Conclusion: The Way Forward for BRICS and Development in Africa--K. Chetty and Y.D. Davids.