Mariama Sow

Currency symbols float over a map of Africa

Illicit financial flows in Africa: Drivers, destinations, and policy options

Landry Signé, Mariama Sow, and Payce Madden

Monday, March 2, 2020

South Africa's Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene arrives at G-20 plenary during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1E22652BA0

Africa in the news: South Africa launches stimulus plan and Somalia receives World Bank loan

Saturday, September 29, 2018

A female goalkeeper saves the ball at the Mathare Environmental Conservation Youth Centre during a soccer match to celebrate the International Women's day in Nairobi, Kenya, March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC1A35B15000

Figures of the week: Africa’s growing youth population and human capital investments

Thursday, September 20, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson passes near the Port of Djibouti in his motorcade as he departs following meetings at the Presidential Palace in Djibouti, March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1FCA3EAF60

Africa in the news: Djibouti nationalizes port, world’s oldest drawing found in South Africa, and new EU-Africa programs

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the High-level Dialogue between Chinese and African Leaders and Business and Industry Representatives at the sixth China-Africa Entrepreneur Conference at the Beijing National Convention Center in Beijing, China September 3, 2018. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS - RC1C7518E350

Figures of the week: Chinese investment in Africa

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Protesters demonstrate against Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni outside Uganda House in London, Britain. Aug 23, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls - RC1E84EF2C20

Africa in the news: Russia’s military foothold, Ethiopia’s first waste-to-energy plant, and protests in Kampala

Saturday, August 25, 2018

A machine gun is seen on a sandbag on a boat off the Atlantic coast in Nigeria's Bayelsa state December 19, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo - D1AETBYATEAC

Figures of the week: Piracy increasing in the Gulf of Guinea

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Brazil's President Michel Temer pose for a group picture at the BRICS summit meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 26, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RC1715A90800

Africa in the news: BRICS summit aftermath, South Sudan power-sharing agreement, and Zimbabwe election prep

Saturday, July 28, 2018

The Stanley hotel in central Nairobi March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Noor Khamis - D1AESRDWXOAB

Figure of the week: Hotel revenues and growth in South Africa, Nigeria, Mauritius, Kenya, and Tanzania

Friday, July 13, 2018

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa greets supporters before an explosion at an election rally in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe June 23, 2018. Tafadzwa Ufumeli/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. - RC12AD0558B0

Africa in the news: South Sudan cease-fire, Zimbabwe politics, and Mercedes-Benz’s South African investment

Friday, June 29, 2018