Africa in Focus

Volunteers of the Lagos food bank initiative prepare for a food aid distribution in a community in Oworoshoki, Lagos, Nigeria July 10, 2021. Picture taken July 10, 2021. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Africa in the news: Nigeria, climate change, and Tunisia updates

Leo Holtz · Saturday, September 25, 2021

A Sudanese man holds his phone with restricted internet access social media platforms, in Khartoum, Sudan January 1, 2019. Picture taken January 1, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Figure of the week: Internet freedom in sub-Saharan Africa declines

Thursday, September 23, 2021

A staff member of on-line retailer Jumia, pushes a cart loaded with goods at the company's warehouse in Lagos April 10, 2014. There are two main reasons people shop online: it's cheaper or they can't be bothered with a trip to the store. And in Lagos, a city of 21 million people, a trip to the store can kill your entire day if you lose the traffic lottery. Jumia has 100,000 Nigerian customer accounts and sales are increasing by 15 percent a month. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: BUSINESS)

Quantifying the impact on Nigeria of the African Continental Free Trade Area

Yewande Olapade and Chukwuka Onyekwena

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine vials seen on a table at an inoculation center in a high school building in the capital Tunis.Tunisian Health Director General Faycel Ben Salah said nearly 1 million people will be called to the 2nd day of intensive coronavirus vaccination, targeting the 18-39 age groups. (Photo by Jdidi Wassim / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Africa in the news: Vaccine, energy, and climate change updates

Saturday, September 18, 2021

A man works on bamboo mat in Monrovia, Liberia, October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

Liberia improves in economic opportunity but still tax mobilization, infrastructure, and business environment struggle to see gains

Thursday, September 16, 2021

Litecoin token laid over Africa on world map

Cryptocurrency flows in Africa

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares to administer the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine under the COVAX scheme at the Eka Kotebe General Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

Africa in the news: Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, and vaccine updates

Saturday, September 11, 2021

Double exposure of coin stack and tablet with city background and world map, financial graph, world map and global network business concept idea, element by NASA.

COVID-19 impacts on foreign direct investments in sub-Saharan Africa

Friday, September 3, 2021

A hand holding a roll of 1000 naira notes

The role of fiscal decentralization in promoting effective domestic resource mobilization in Africa

Leo Holtz and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Monday, August 30, 2021

Large stacked container ship leaving the port of Cape Town with Table mountain and the city in the background, South Africa.

Africa in the news: South African economy, energy production, and Nigerian foreign relations updates

Mary Blankenship, Chris Heitzig, and Tamara White

Saturday, August 28, 2021

KAMPALA, UGANDA - JANUARY 05, 2020: A front view of Kampala Boulevard Suites, leading shopping mall and hotel with a foreground of an African man in a minibus, popular transportation for locals.

Figure of the week: A case study comparison of industries without smokestacks in South Africa and Uganda

Mary Blankenship and Christina Golubski

Friday, August 27, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Hakainde Hichilema, leader of Zambia's opposition United Party for National Development (UPND), addresses a media conference in Cape Town, South Africa, August 31, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

Africa in the news: Zambian election, impacts of the Taliban’s Afghanistan takeover, and health updates

Chris Heitzig, Tamara White, and Mary Blankenship

Saturday, August 21, 2021

Workers air purple tea leaves named TRFK 306/1, a clone by the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, at the Gatanga industries limited in Gatura settlement of Muranga county, Kenya January 30, 2021. Picture taken January 30, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Figure of the week: Potential for youth and female employment in industries without smokestacks

Mary Blankenship and Christina Golubski

Friday, August 20, 2021

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (L) greets opposition leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition after addressing a news conference at the Harambee house office in Nairobi, Kenya March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Is the BBI ruling a sign of judicial independence in Kenya?

John Mukum Mbaku

Thursday, August 19, 2021

A mobile phone application shows movements of a John Deere 5503 tractor, installed with the Hello Tractor technology that connects farmers with vehicles' owners, in Umande village in Nanyuki, Kenya February 4, 2020. Picture taken February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

Digital technology and African smallholder agriculture: Implications for public policy

Aloysius Uche Ordu, Larry Cooley, and Lesly Goh

Monday, August 16, 2021