Africa in Focus

An official of the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authourity (ZESA) inspects water levels on the Kariba dam in Kariba, Zimbabwe, February 19, 2016. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - GF10000315340

Enhancing the attractiveness of private investment in hydropower in Africa

Alain Ebobissé and Amadou Hott

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Soccer Football - 2018 World Cup Qualifiers - South Africa v Senegal - Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa - November 10, 2017 - Senegal soccer players celebrate their win over South Africa. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC12CE3DF140

Africa in the World Cup: Building cohesion through the world’s most-watched sport

Karim Foda and Mariama Sow

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Residents attend a rally by Ethiopia's newly elected prime minister Abiy Ahmed during his visit Ambo in the Oromiya region, Ethiopia April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC172DC0DAF0

Africa in the news: Ethiopia’s reform, Russia’s Africa ties, and South Africa’s contracting economy

Saturday, June 9, 2018

People wait and queue up for commercial transport at a bus stop after the school hours in Ojodu district in Lagos, Nigeria May 31, 2018. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC13C752A980

DCED 2018 keynote: Youth employment in a changing world – Implications for private sector development

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Friday, June 8, 2018

Migrants sit on their belongings in the back of a truck as it is driven through a dusty road in the desert town of Agadez, Niger May 25, 2015. African migrants in overcrowded pickup trucks, encouraged by social media messages from friends who survived the perilous journey across the Mediterranean, set off from Agadez, an ancient trading town on the edge of the Sahara, to cross Niger in the uncertain journey towards Europe via Libya, where the collapse of the government has offered an open door for smugglers. Mostly young men, escaping grinding poverty in neighbouring Benin or Burkina Faso, face bandits and often have to pay bribes en route, on top of the hefty payments to people smugglers. International focus on the issue of migration into Europe has sharpened after hundreds of migrants drowned while trying to cross the sea from North Africa in overcrowded and unsafe vessels. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY PICTURE 35 OF 36 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY SMUGGLED THROUGH NIGERSEARCH SAHARA AKINLEYE FOR ALL IMAGES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF10000110096

Figures of the week: Internal migration in Africa

Thursday, June 7, 2018

A street vendor sells vegetables in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC1CA48E33D0

Point de vue prospectif sur l’Afrique: Sécurité nutritionnelle: la dernière longueur du programme de sécurité alimentaire de l’Afrique

Eyerusalem Siba

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

A Zimbabwe Stock Exchange official works on a computer after the close of trade in Harare June 6, 2014. Zimbabwe's stock market has fallen so far from last year's peak that some investors are stepping back in to scoop up consumer-oriented African growth plays. To match Africa investment ZIMBABWE-STOCKS/ REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo (ZIMBABWE - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EA661KIC01

Cybersecurity in Africa: Securing businesses with a local approach with global standards

Landry Signé and Kevin Signé

Monday, June 4, 2018

Activists march as they carry placards during a protest against corruption in Nairobi, Kenya, May 31, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC19DD568780

Africa in the news: Uganda’s ‘gossip tax,’ Kenya’s corruption probe, and a politics roundup

Christina Golubski

Friday, June 1, 2018

A man hawks his goods at a motor park in the Obalende district of Lagos October 9, 2013. With between 15 million and 21 million people - the upper estimate is the official one, though no one really knows - and generating a third of GDP for Africa's second biggest economy, Lagos has become almost as alluring to yield-hungry investors as it is to the 4,000 or so economic migrants who turn up each day. But it faces a daily challenge just trying to keep up with the pace of population growth, much of it on the edge of water. Nigeria, already pushing 170 million people, will be home to 400 million by 2050, making it the world's fourth most populous country, according to the global Population Reference Bureau (PRB). Lagos will have roughly doubled in size by then, Fashola and demographers agree. Picture taken October 9, 2013. To match Insight LAGOS-MEGACITY/ REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E9AN0J5R01

Figures of the week: Informal employment in African cities

Friday, June 1, 2018

A man types on a computer keyboard in this illustration picture taken February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo - S1BETSLQSUAA

Global cybercrimes and weak cybersecurity threaten businesses in Africa

Landry Signé and Kevin Signé

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

World Health Organization (WHO) workers prepare a centre for vaccination during the launch of a campaign aimed at beating an outbreak of Ebola in the port city of Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe - RC154F975DC0

Africa in the news: Zimbabwe updates, DRC Ebola battle, and Rwanda sponsors Arsenal

Friday, May 25, 2018

A man designs a leather in Pittards world class leather manufacturing company in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, March 22, 2016. Picture taken March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - D1AESWKUKPAA

Figures of the week: The nexus of manufacturing and services sectors in Ethiopia

Friday, May 25, 2018

Egyptians shop at a vegetable market in Cairo, Egypt, October 11, 2017. Picture taken October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC13764F8900

Point de vue prospectif sur l’Afrique: Le revenu minimum universel et les pays pétroliers en Afrique

Shanta Devarajan

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Entrepreneurs work on their projects at Nailab, a Kenyan firm that supports technology startups, behind the latest initiative, which targets entrepreneurs for their ideas on providing sex education through technology and social media in Nairobi, Kenya, July 4, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - D1BETNPFQKAA

Point de vue prospectif sur l’Afrique – Entreprenariat africain dans le secteur des technologies: enjeux et opportunités en 2018

Monday, May 21, 2018

Congolese Health Ministry officials carry the first batch of experimental Ebola vaccines in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo May 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe - RC1D1B631BE0

Africa in the news: DRC’s Ebola response, South Sudan’s peace talks, and Kenya’s cybercrime law

Friday, May 18, 2018