Mariama Sow

Supporters of George Weah, former soccer player and presidential candidate of Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), celebrate after the announcement of the presidential election results on the radio, in Monrovia, Liberia October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon - RC1589A09A80

Africa in the news: Sahel security, Liberian and Kenyan elections, and Nigerian economic updates

Friday, November 3, 2017

Traffic builds up on a main street in the Rwandan capital Kigali, December 17, 2015. REUTERS/James Akena/File Photo - D1AETDFGSOAA

Smart city initiatives in Africa

Eyerusalem Siba and Mariama Sow

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Areva's Somair uranium mining facility is seen in Arlit, September 25, 2013. Picture taken September 25, 2013. To match Special Report NIGER-AREVA/ REUTERS/Joe Penney (NIGER - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY) - GM1EA240B3A01

Figures of the week: Financial modeling and Africa’s extractive industries

Thursday, October 26, 2017

A supporter of Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, carries a banner depicting Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga during a protest along a street in Nairobi, Kenya, October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC18EBAB39B0

Africa in the news: Kenya election update, Boko Haram trials, and Tanzania’s controversial business regulations

Friday, October 13, 2017

Muslim girls participate in a mathematics class at Al-Haramain madrassa at the Islamic Complex in Cameroon's capital Yaounde, one day before a visit to the city by Pope Benedict XVI, March 16, 2009. Pope Benedict this week makes his first trip to Africa, starting in Yaounde on Tuesday. In many places in Africa, including Cameroon, Catholicism and Islam are fighting for souls. In Cameroon, which has a significant Muslim population, the pope is expected to meet with Muslim clerics. Elsewhere in Africa, the church is increasingly worried about losing ground to charismatic Pentecostal churches. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (CAMEROON EDUCATION SOCIETY RELIGION) - GM1E53G1NIL01

Figures of the week: Africa, education, and the 2018 World Development Report

Friday, October 6, 2017

Women work in Amingos fibre hair factory in Ikeja district in Lagos, December 1, 2011. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye(NIGERIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) - GM1E7C203TF01

Figures of the week: Africa and the Global Human Capital Index

Friday, September 22, 2017

Passengers board a South African Airways the capital aircraft t the Hosea Kutako International Airport, outside Windhoek in Namibia, February 24, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC1B88ACF170

Africa in the News: Tanzania seizes diamond shipment, Biafra separatists clash with Nigerian army, and South African Airways cuts flights

Friday, September 15, 2017

A woman works in a plantation of rubber seedlings in San Pedro March 9, 2012. The acrid smell of rubber is the smell of money, say the farmers of the Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, who are felling their aging cocoa trees to plant the hot new crop. Picture taken March 9, 2012. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES AGRICULTURE) - RTR2ZFWD

Figures of the Week: Employment and labor productivity in Côte d’Ivoire

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

QUALITY REPEAT: Rescue workers search for survivors after a mudslide in the Mountain town of Regent, Sierra Leone, August 14, 2017. Pictures taken August 14, 2017. Sierra Leone Red Cross/Handout via REUTERS REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE - RTS1BWIG

Africa in the news: Kenya’s opposition disputes election results, Namibia cuts interest rates, and Sierra Leone mourns mudslide victims

Friday, August 18, 2017

Kenya's Central Bank Governor Patrick Njoroge speaks during an interview with Reuters in his office in the capital Nairobi in this December 8, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/Files - RTX2A3GY

Figures of the week: CPIA Africa assesses policy and institutional quality

Wednesday, August 2, 2017