Africa in Focus

Fork-lift machines are seen idle at Dangote tomatoes processing factory along the Kano-Zaria road in Kano, northwest Nigeria August 21, 2017. Picture taken August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye. - RC1F842D65B0

Figures of the week: Africa’s business potential

Thursday, February 14, 2019

People walk on a street of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, July 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luc Gnago - RC1B61115AA0

Debt management in a challenging environment: Lessons from Côte d’Ivoire

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera signs a peace deal between the Central African Republic government and 14 armed groups following two weeks of talks in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Sudan, February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RC145AE69E40

Africa in the news: Peace in Central African Republic, US visa sanctions on Ghana, and natural resources in Southern Africa

Saturday, February 9, 2019

A house partially submerged in flood waters is pictured in Lokoja city, Kogi State, Nigeria September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC1F06C2B7E0

Figure of the week: Fragile states are ripe for disasters

Friday, February 8, 2019

Workers wash pulped coffee beans at the Tilamo cooperative of Shebedino district in Sidama, Ethiopia November 29, 2018. Picture taken November 29, 2018. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie - RC1B535BFE70

Three myths about youth employment in Africa and strategies to realize the demographic dividend

Thursday, February 7, 2019

A woman casts her vote at a polling unit in Daura, northwest Nigeria March 28, 2015. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - GF10000042218

Nigeria’s 2019 presidential elections: A chance to think globally and act locally

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron as he hosts the leaders of the G5 Sahel countries - Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad and Mauritania, as well as Germany, Italy and and Saudi Arabia to discuss how to speed up the implementation of the G5 West African counter-terrorism force in La Celle Saint Cloud, near Paris, France, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer - RC1CD5FF5400

France-Africa relations challenged by China and the European Union

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks next to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during the 2018 Beijing Summit Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation - Round Table Conference at at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 4, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Xi Jinping;Cyril Ramaphosa - RC1A54A93A00

China’s changing approach to Africa

Monday, February 4, 2019

Nigerian naira banknotes are seen in this picture illustration, September 10, 2018. Picture taken September 10, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/Illustration - RC15864538F0

Africa in the news: Nigerian minimum wage bill advances, Ethiopia triples airport size, and Cameroon makes arrests

Saturday, February 2, 2019

Tourists are seen by the poolside of the Mara Serena Safari Lodge, within the Masai Mara game reserve, southwest of Nairobi, Kenya, July 28, 2009. Picture taken July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1B60ECDBC0

Figures of the week: Job creation in Africa

Friday, February 1, 2019

A woman picks tea leaves at a plantation in Kiambu County, near Nairobi, Kenya, April 26, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC17EE8756C0

Doing business in Africa: My experience

Friday, February 1, 2019

Workers fill sacks with cocoa beans in Soubre, Ivory Coast, July 19, 2018. picuture taken July 19, 2018. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon - RC19E77BB920

Overcoming the colonial development model of resource extraction for sustainable development in Africa

Hippolyte Fofack

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Somali secondary school students sit for their national examinations in the capital Mogadishu June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - GF10000127973

The urgency of securing employment for youth in Africa

Lindsay Wallace

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

An Ethiopian asylum seeker carries an infant in the Dambala Fuchana refugee camp near the Ethiopian-Kenyan border town of Moyale, Kenya, March 27, 2018. Picture taken March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC1F5BBAC1E0

The World Bank’s strategy for addressing fragility in sub-Saharan Africa

Monday, January 28, 2019

Felix Tshisekedi holds up the constitution during the inauguration ceremony whereby Tshisekedi was sworn into office as the new president of the Democratic Republic of Congo at the Palais de la Nation in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo January 24, 2019. REUTERS/Olivia Acland - RC143472C080

Africa in the news: Push for wage increase in Nigeria, Tshisekedi inaugurated as DRC president, and Burkina Faso cabinet reshuffle

Saturday, January 26, 2019