Africa in Focus

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

Tamara White · 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

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Africa in the news: Ethiopia updates, Zambia elections, and Africa’s many Olympic achievements

Tamara White and Mary Blankenship

Saturday, August 14, 2021

Lagos based entreprenuer Ogechi Egemonu opens the Twitter app on a smart phone at her office in Lagos, Nigeria June 10, 2021. Picture taken June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Seun Sanni

Nigeria’s Twitter ban is a misplaced priority

Mary Blankenship and Christina Golubski

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar attends his swearing-in ceremony at the State House in Juba, South Sudan, February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Samir Bol/File Photo

Africa in the news: Politics, security, and wildlife poaching updates

Chris Heitzig, Mary Blankenship, and Tamara White

Saturday, August 7, 2021

Dakar, Senegal.- Africans work on cashew crops amid the coronavirus pandemic on September 23, 2020. The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Mr. Akinwunmi Adesina, said that Africa has lost a decade of economic growth due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. He also noted that the multilateral bank has launched programs to cope with the economic recession.

A case study comparison of industries without smokestacks in Senegal and Ghana

Friday, August 6, 2021