Chris Heitzig

Vocational training in Johannesburg, South Africa

Figure of the week: Supply-side interventions alone cannot solve Africa’s missing jobs problem

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Book in a bookshelf standing out at university library.

Figure of the week: Economics research on Africa is not evenly distributed across countries

Friday, September 11, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio, that ran aground on a reef, at Riviere des Creoles, Mauritius, in this handout image obtained by Reuters on August 11, 2020. French Army command/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo

Africa in the news: Mali coup, Mauritius oil spill, and COVID-19 updates

Saturday, September 5, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Somalia's Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire addresses the Parliament seating where he was confirmed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo

Africa in the news: New funding to fight COVID-19 in Africa, Somalia’s prime minister voted out, and political updates in Mali and Côte d’Ivoire

Christina Golubski and Chris Heitzig

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Unidentified fisherman counting money and trading fish on December 24, 2014 in a traditional fishing village at Lake Victoria, Kenya

Figures of the week: Regional heterogeneity in Africa’s economic growth predicted to subside

David Kanos and Chris Heitzig

Thursday, July 30, 2020

A handout satellite image shows a view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia July 12, 2020. Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MUST NOT OBSCURE WATERMARK

Africa in the news: Election updates, Ethiopia begins to fill the GERD, and Sudan’s democratic transition moves forward

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Heavy traffic in Kampala, Uganda

Figures of the week: Africa’s urbanization dynamics

David Kanos and Chris Heitzig

Thursday, July 16, 2020

A customer at a money transfer point that offers money transfer services through Wari and other transfer companies in Dakar, Senegal March 15, 2017. Picture taken March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Nellie Peyton

Figure of the week: Remittance flows to sub-Saharan Africa expected to slow after years of growth

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Youth employment through industries without smokestacks: Workshop 3

8:30 AM - Friday Jun 19, 2020 12:00 PM EDT

Biniam Nigussie, 21, a Deliver Addis motorbike rider picks up lunch boxes from La Morena restaurant to be delivered to clients working from home due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in central Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Kumera Gemechu NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Figures of the week: Coronavirus will push African businesses toward innovation and digitization

Thursday, June 4, 2020