Amadou Sy

Books on a shelf

A social distancing reading list from the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative

Louise Fox, Lemma Senbet, Landry Signé, Amadou Sy, and Christina Golubski

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

A man holds up his mobile phone showing a M-Pesa mobile money transaction page for the photographer at an open air market in Kibera in Kenya's capital Nairobi December 31, 2014. Safaricom, Kenya's biggest telecoms firm, is a model of how technology can be used to financially include millions of people with mobile telephones but without access to traditional infrastructure such as the banks that are available to the wealthy or those living in cities. Safaricom in 2007 pioneered its M-Pesa mobile money transfer technology, now used across Africa, Asia and Europe. It proved that money can be made from people who earn a few dollars a day. REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TELECOMS) - GM1EACV1IZY01

Beyond mobile payments: Going up the value chain of fintech in Africa

Monday, May 20, 2019

Cover for Africa through an Economic Lens

Africa through an Economic Lens

By Amadou Sy

2018

A currency dealer counts Moroccan dirhams in a photo illustration at a currency exchange in Casablanca, Morocco, June 29, 2017. Picture taken June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal/Illustration - RC138B2B0ED0

AGI Markets Monitor: July 2018 update

Amadou Sy and Amy Copley

Friday, July 27, 2018

Lessons from Marvel’s Black Panther: Natural resource management and increased openness in Africa

Mariama Sow and Amadou Sy

Friday, February 23, 2018

A copy of the Wall Street Journal is pictured in a newsstand in New York, June 26, 2007. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Dow Jones & Co. Inc. have "basically agreed" on a structure to protect the editorial independence of Dow Jones' news operations, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. News Corp. is offering $5 billion to buy Dow Jones. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES) - RTR1R6CD

Exploring media sentiment around Africa: Positive or negative?

Monday, August 14, 2017

A taxi passes by in front of The New York Times head office in New York, February 7, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD PACKAGE - SEARCH 'BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD 31 OCT' FOR ALL IMAGES - RTX2R4RK

Exploring media sentiment around Africa: Country analysis

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

A mine shaft is seen at the Tumela Mine , an Anglo American open pit mine located in the north-western part of South Africa in Thabazimbi, Limpopo province,June 9,2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RTX2FWX5

Closing the financing gap for African energy infrastructure: Trends, challenges, and opportunities

Amadou Sy and Amy Copley

April 17, 2017

Storm clouds hover as a cyclist rides past a field of maize after late rains near Malawi's capital Lilongwe, February 1, 2016. Late rains in Malawi threaten the staple maize crop and have pushed prices to record highs.About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX24Z7D

Le tonnerre n’est pas toujours suivi de la pluie : Maintenir le progrès vers la réalisation de la vision pour l’Afrique

Amadou Sy, Christina Golubski, and Amy Copley

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Labourers work to reconstruct part of the Marina road in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos June 17, 2016.REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RTX2GUQR

Leveraging African pension funds for financing infrastructure development

Tuesday, March 14, 2017