Chris Heitzig

A small child wearing a facemask is seen at a volunteer food drive in Mountain View, an informal settlement in Jamestown, located in the Cape Winelands District, on Saturday, May 29, 2020. It's estimated that most, if not all, of the households here had no income, due to unemployement during lockdown. Cape Winelands is one of the districts in the Western Cape that has been designated a hotspot area, in terms of people testing positive for COVID-19. When South Africa moves down to Stage 3 of the nationwide lockdown on June 1st, hotspots areas will remain under stricter regulation and surveillance, per the latest government announcements. Photo by Eva-Lotta Jansson/RealTime Images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa.

Figures of the week: Addressing COVID-19’s disruption to African development progress

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Friday, February 19, 2021

A heap of coal is seen beside a power station owned by state power utility Eskom in Duhva, South Africa, February 18, 2020. Picture taken February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

The effects of the global energy transition in Africa: Disruption and opportunity

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Friday, February 12, 2021

Victoria Kigbu works on her farm, in the midst of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Abuja, Nigeria June 10, 2020. Picture taken June 10, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Figures of the week: Household participation in agriculture on the rise since the outbreak of COVID-19

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

A diesel pump is pictured at a gas station in Lagos, Nigeria September 10, 2019. Picture taken September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Figures of the week: Carbon taxes can fuel green economic recovery and reduce income inequality

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Ship with oil rig in the background in the Nigerian capitol Lagos

Africa in the news: Natural resources, elections, and COVID-19 updates

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Saturday, January 23, 2021

An election official shows a ballot after polling stations closed during the presidential elections in Kampala, Uganda, January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Africa in the news: Central African Republic, Ethiopia, and Uganda updates

Saturday, January 16, 2021

Men work at a containers terminal in Abidjan April 3, 2008. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST)

Figure of the week: Momentum in trade going into the AfCFTA era

Chris Heitzig and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.- In the photo, a specialist works in a clinical laboratory amid the pandemic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Less affected by covid-19 than the rest of the continents, Africa begins a race for the vaccine. The continent hopes to vaccinate "3% of Africans between now and March 2021 and 20% by the end of next year," declared the regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Matshidiso Moeti, in Brazzaville.

Africa in the news: AfCFTA launches, Africa secures COVID-19 vaccines, and Niger and the Central African Republic vote

Saturday, January 9, 2021

A woman wearing a protective face mask shops at Chic Shops supermarket, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at Adjame, a neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

Africa Growth Initiative’s top 5 figures of 2020

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Mombasa, Kenya - February 25 2018 : Container vessel under cargo opearations

Africa in the news: Kenya and Nigeria updates

Chris Heitzig and Christina Golubski

Saturday, December 19, 2020