Africa in Focus

Somali women sing as they celebrate the election of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in the streets of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, February 9, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - RTX30AW8

Africa in the news: Zuma delivers South Africa’s State of the Nation, Nigerians probe leader’s health, and Somalia votes

Friday, February 10, 2017

Long boats make are seen from a helicopter at Lake Chad near the Chad capital N'Djamena during a visit by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon September 7, 2007.REUTERS/ Zohra Bensemra(CHAD) - RTR1TK7J

Figure of the week: The shrinking Lake Chad

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Labourers work at a construction site within the Greenpark estate in Lukenya, near Kenya's capital Nairobi, October 31, 2014. Kenya, like other nations on a continent that boasts some of the fastest growth rates in the world, is racing to upgrade neglected infrastructure, improve regulations and revise often outdated economic figures to spur investment. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CONSTRUCTION) - RTR4CBX7

Foresight Africa viewpoint: Africa, Trump, infrastructure

Witney Schneidman

Monday, February 6, 2017

Newly elected African Union Commission Chairman, Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat addresses to media during the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and the Government of the African Union in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RTX2YZJY

Africa in the news: Protests continue in English-speaking parts of Cameroon, AU summit concludes, and Liberian businesses strike

Friday, February 3, 2017

An internally displaced woman smiles while members of the Jordanian peacekeeping forces from the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) patrol at Abu Shouk IDP's camp for internally displaced people in Al Fasher, northern Darfur April 14, 2010. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY MILITARY) - RTR2CSPT

Figures of the week: Refugee flows from and within Africa

Friday, February 3, 2017

Officials from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) records finger prints of a man as they collect data from the electorate during the launch of the 2017 general elections voter registration exercise within Kibera slums in Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RTSVQJV

Foresight Africa 2017: Election spotlight on Kenya

John Mukum Mbaku

Monday, January 30, 2017

A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Rwanda's capital Kigali December 18, 2015, during a referendum as Rwandans vote to amend its Constitution to allow President Paul Kagame to seek a third term. REUTERS/James Akena - RTX1Z8JA

Foresight Africa 2017: Election spotlight on Rwanda

John Mukum Mbaku

Monday, January 30, 2017

A man walks along the electrified light rail-transit construction in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, June 25, 2014. The construction has passed the halfway mark with 60 percent of the project complete, the Ethiopian Railways Corporation said. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT BUSINESS) - RTR3VP85

Africa in the news: Ethiopia-Djibouti railway complete, AU summit held, and the Gambia crisis ends

Christina Golubski

Friday, January 27, 2017

Villagers stand near jerrycans containing crude oil collected at the shore of the Atlantic ocean near Orobiri village, days after Royal Dutch Shell's Bonga off-shore oil spill, in Nigeria's delta state December 31, 2011. Amnesty International called into question Royal Dutch Shell's accounting in Nigeria for oil spill amounts and causes, saying the oil major was seeking to avoid compensation payments and damage to its reputation. Picture taken December 31, 2011. To match story SHELL-NIGERIA/ REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) - RTX1540M

Foresight Africa viewpoint: Revenue mobilization in commodity-rich countries: Challenges and opportunities

Samara Gunter, Carlos Vegh, Daniel Riera-Crichton, and Guillermo Vuletin

Thursday, January 26, 2017

A Shell gas station displays the petrol and diesel prices in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, February 1, 2016. The global oil price is hovering at about $30 U.S. dollars a barrel. REUTERS/Joe Penney - RTS95JK

Figure of the week: The cost of debt in sub-Saharan Africa

Thursday, January 26, 2017

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 - RTX2JKNM

Foresight Africa viewpoint: Growth of African SMEs and jobs will depend on technology uptake

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

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Foresight Africa viewpoint: Digital jobs and smart urbanization

Adam Brown and Patrick Adolwa

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

A cityscape of Dakar is seen from the top of African Renaissance hill, Senegal December 19, 2016. Picture taken December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RTX2VTO3

Foresight Africa viewpoint: Housing Africa

Monday, January 23, 2017

Soldiers of the Ivory Coast presidential guard patrol as they arrive at the port of Abidjan, Ivory Coast January 18,2017. REUTERS/Luc Gnago - RTSW2ON

Foresight Africa viewpoint: Does climate change cause conflict?

Vesselin Popovski

Friday, January 20, 2017

Early morning smog shrouds cooling towers of a power plant in Cape Town, South Africa, June 8, 2006. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo - RTSQIK6

Figure of the week: Pollution in African cities

Thursday, January 19, 2017