Dhruv Gandhi

A displaced girl is tested for malaria at an MSF clinic in Tomping camp, where some 17,000 displaced people who fled their homes are being sheltered by the United Nations, in Juba January 10, 2014. Violence erupted in South Sudan's capital Juba in mid-December and spread to oil-producing regions and beyond, dividing the two-year-old land-locked country along ethnic lines. Some 60,000 civilians are being protected at U.N. Bases. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY HEALTH)

Figure of the week: Poverty and health care SDG projections in sub-Saharan Africa

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

A general view shows containers at the Nairobi Terminus operating the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC114F8FE5C0

The Africa Growth Initiative’s top 5 figures of 2019

Dhruv Gandhi and Payce Madden

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Workers handle cashew nuts at a processing plant in Bouake February 23, 2012. REUTERS/ Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST - Tags: SOCIETY) - GM1E82O02D001

Job creation for youth in Africa: Assessing the employment intensity of industries without smokestacks

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Dhruv Gandhi, and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Monday, December 16, 2019

Workers harvest roses for export to the European market inside a greenhouse at Maridadi Flowers Limited in Naivasha, 90 km (56 miles) west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, April 19, 2010. Kenya's horticulture industry has already lost $12 million to the volcano-induced European airspace closure and it will take several weeks to recover even if flights resume now, its association of exporters said on Monday. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA - Tags: TRANSPORT SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS) - GM1E64J1SUF01

Job creation for youth in Africa: Assessing the potential of industries without smokestacks

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, and Dhruv Gandhi

Monday, December 16, 2019

Signs showing arrival and departure directions are seen on a drive-way into the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1EAB8A57B0

Africa in the news: Nigeria’s visa on arrival, Ethiopia’s agreements with IMF, World Bank, and aviation update

Saturday, December 14, 2019

Women apply salt to dried fish at an artisanal fish processing facility in the Senegalese coastal town of Joal-Fadiouth, April 10, 2018. Picture taken April 10, 2018. To match Special Report OCEANS-TIDE/SARDINELLA REUTERS/Sylvain Cherkaoui - RC1E49820D10

Figure of the week: Gender equality in employment in Africa

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Voters wait in a queue to cast their vote during the Sidama autonomy referendum in Hawassa, Ethiopia November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC2UED9FRFXH

Africa in the news: Aviation update, Ethiopia update, and Ghana oil discovery

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Extractive Data Event AGI

Using extractive industry data to fight inequality & strengthen accountability: Victories, lessons, future directions for Africa

Christina Golubski and Dhruv Gandhi

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

People are seen ahead of Pope Francis' arrival for a prayer vigil with youth at the Soamandrakizay Mess site in Antananarivo, Madagascar, September 7, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC11253C5FF0

Figure of the week: Migration and remittances in sub-Saharan Africa

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Al Dardeery Mohamed Ahmed and his delegation leave the U.S. Treasury Department after negotiations on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, situated on the border between Ethiopia and Sudan, in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC206D9D9GFM

Africa in the news: US – Africa updates, South Sudan unity government, and Mauritius elections

Saturday, November 9, 2019