Africa in Focus

A worker weaves a carpet from the fibre extracted from the sheaths of banana trunks at the TexFad plant in Sonde settlement of Mukono near Kampala, Uganda, April 3, 2021. Picture taken April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

It’s easy to exaggerate the scope of the jobs problem in Africa. The real story is nuanced.

Louise Fox · Monday, April 19, 2021

A woman casts her ballot at the pooling station during the presidential election in N'Djamena, Chad April 11, 2021. REUTERS/ Media Coulibaly NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Africa in the news: Uganda oil pipeline, (fewer) locusts in East Africa, and political updates

Christina Golubski, Leo Holtz, and Tamara White

Saturday, April 17, 2021

Two gas flaring furnaces and a woman walking on sand barriers are reflected in a pool of oil-smeared water at a flow station in Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria September 17, 2020. Picture taken September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Figure of the week: COVID’s impacts on the Nigerian extractive sector

Friday, April 16, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Mohamed Bazoum sits at his pollitical party headquarters in Niamey, September 14, 2013. The ruling party's candidate, Bazoum, will enter Sunday's presidential run-off vote as the favourite to succeed outgoing Mahamadou Issoufou REUTERS/Joe Penney/File Photo

Africa in the news: Updates on natural resources, and politics in Niger, Djibouti, Benin, and Chad

Christina Golubski, Leo Holtz, and Tamara White

Saturday, April 10, 2021

African business people holding a meeting

Figure of the week: Trends in mergers and acquisitions in Africa

Leo Holtz and Christina Golubski

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

A motorcyclist rides through a flooded road during the presidential election in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 30, 2018. REUTERS/Olivia Acland

Climate adaptation and the great reset for Africa

Ede Ijjasz and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

An employee of Telkom Kenya looks at a display stand at the company's shop in Nairobi, Kenya, July 27, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Good news, Africa is creating jobs—but the narrative is complicated

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A mobile phone care centre operated by Safaricom in the central business district of Kenya's capital Nairobi, May 11, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Africa in the news: Africa-Spain relations, technology opportunities in Kenya and South Africa, and attacks in Mozambique

Tamara White and Leo Holtz

Saturday, April 3, 2021

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress attend a protest rally to the National Assembly in Abuja, Nigeria March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Figure of the week: Governance, citizen dissatisfaction, and levels of trust in Africa

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Supporters of President Denis Sassou Nguesso celebrate after the election commission announced his re-election In Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, March 23, 2021. REUTERS/ Olivia Acland

Africa in the news: Ethiopia, Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Somalia updates

Christina Golubski, Leo Holtz, and Tamara White

Saturday, March 27, 2021

In the city of Marrakech, Morocco on 10/20/2017. Photograph taken at the Mosque of Kutubia in the center of Marrakech where sun rays can be seen through solar panels. R

Africa’s green bond market trails behind other regions

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Friday, March 26, 2021

Face masks hung out to dry as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Yoff neighbourhood, Dakar, Senegal January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

How special drawing rights could help Africa recover from COVID-19

Ahunna Eziakonwa

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Nobutho Thethani harvests potatoes at her farm in Lawley informal settlement in the south of Johannesburg, South Africa, April 9, 2019. Picture taken April 9,2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

The future of data: Unmasking community-level differences to better address food insecurity

Monday, March 22, 2021

A man holds a newspapers following the death of Tanzania's President John Magufuli in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman

Africa in the news: Africa’s economic outlook, Tanzanian President Magufuli’s passing, and CAR’s election

Christina Golubski and Leo Holtz

Saturday, March 20, 2021

A man casts his ballot at a polling station during the legislative election in Abidjan, Ivory Coast March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Macline Hien

Entrenching democracy in African countries: Policy imperatives for leaders in 2021

John Mukum Mbaku

Thursday, March 18, 2021