Africa Growth Initiative

Africa Policy Dialogue

Workers at Tenke Fungurume, a copper mine in the southern Congolese province of Katanga, check bundles of copper cathode sheets ready to be loaded and sent out to buyers (REUTERS/Jonny Hogg).

Past Event

Is Africa Rising or Not? A Discussion of Economic Opportunities and Development Challenges in Africa

April 25, 2013

On Thursday, April 25, the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings (AGI) and the Congressional African Staff Association (CASA) hosted a briefing for congressional staffers on whether Africa’s recent growth reflects the economic opportunity that many suggest, or if the region’s inequality and other challenges will stand in the way of the continent’s potential being realized.

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