Amy Copley

African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina addresses the audience during the inauguration ceremony of the Annual General Meeting of AfDB bank in Gandhinagar, India May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave - RTX3755Y

Figures of the week: Entrepreneurship and industrialization in Africa

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh (R) welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis (3rd L), U.S. Marine Corps General Thomas Waldhauser (2nd L) and U.S. Embassy Charge d'Affaires Mark Boulware (L) at the Presidential Palace in Djibouti April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTS13KNK

Africa in the news: Nigeria introduces new foreign exchange window, U.S. Defense Secretary visits Djibouti, and Burundi denies access to WFP convoy

Friday, April 28, 2017

A utility pole supporting wires for electricity distribution is seen in Nairobi, Kenya, November 11, 2015. The board of Kenya's biggest power generator, KenGen, has approved a rights issue plan and will seek shareholder approval on Dec. 16, the firm said in a statement on Wednesday. The plan, which also needs regulatory approvals, would involve issuing up to 7.802 billion shares at price to be set. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola - RTS6GXU

Figures of the week: Africa’s Pulse highlights the region’s infrastructure gaps

Thursday, April 20, 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

A delegate uses her cell phone to buy a M-Akiba bond during the launch of the first mobile-phone-based government bond at the Treasury building in Nairobi, Kenya March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RTX32CAC

Africa in the news: Kenya’s debut mobile bond, regional hydropower plans, and South Africa’s credit rating drop

Friday, April 7, 2017

Doctor Sekou Kanneh speaks during an interview with Reuters TV in the Hastings ebola treatment centre at a neighbourhood in Freetown, December 21, 2014. Conditions at Kanneh's treatment centre, the only Ebola unit in the country run by local staff, contrast to the purpose-built facilities where foreign volunteers who have flocked to Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia work. Kanneh has received no official training to treat the virus that has killed over 7,000 people in West Africa. Still, he works up to four hour shifts in the stifling heat of the red zone, a ward where healthcare workers have direct contact with the highly contagious Ebola patients. In contrast, workers in foreign-run facilities are well trained and well-funded; with limits on the time spent in the red zones to not more than two hours. Picture taken December 21, 2014
. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS) - RTR4J3GL

Figure of the week: Findings from the Brookings Health Governance Capacity report

Friday, April 7, 2017

A man counts Nigerian Naira as he waits for customers at a local foodstuff market in Lagos, Nigeria November 2, 2016.REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RTX2RIT8

Figures of the week: Human development progress in Africa and globally

Friday, March 24, 2017

Farmers display organically grown cocoa beans, also known as Bio cocoa, at the Toumbakro farm in Yamoussoukro, capital of Ivory Coast, June 11, 2008. The organically grown cocoa is produced without the usage of any pesticide. World cocoa production is expected to grow faster than demand in the coming few years, and prices will decline, International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) Executive Director Jan Vingerhoets said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Luc Gnago - RTX6SZ5

Africa in the news: South Africa’s welfare dispute, the effects of low cocoa prices on Côte d’Ivoire, and President Buhari’s return to Nigeria

Friday, March 17, 2017

A worker attends to a customer at an MTN shop at mall in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RTS1148T

Africa in the news: South Africa and Nigeria contend with xenophobic attacks, circulation of U.S. dollars in Zimbabwe declines, and CFTA Negotiating Forum kicks off

Friday, March 3, 2017