Africa in Focus

An aerial view shows workers at the Alltex export processing zone (EPZ) factory in Athi River, near the Kenyan capital Nairobi, July 31, 2009. Kenya's exports to the United States rose 8 percent to 20.6 billion shillings ($268 million) in 2008, largely due to U.S. legislation to promote African trade, Kenya's trade minister Amos Kimunya said. The U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has granted duty-free access for many sub-Saharan African nations' products since 2000. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - RTR269UH

Figure of the week: Maximizing AGOA utilization

Friday, September 30, 2016

Workers are seen at a construction site in Sandton outside Johannesburg, South africa June 20,2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RTX2HCLL

How can Africa entice more long-term investors in its much-needed infrastructure projects?

Christina Golubski

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the U.S.- Africa Business Forum in New York, U.S., September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RTSOT01

Africa in the news: US-Africa Business Forum deals, Nigeria’s credit rating downgrade, and DRC’s deadly protests

Friday, September 23, 2016

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks down during the Refugee Summit at the United Nations in New York September 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RTSOO66

Figures of the week: UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants calls for international action

Friday, September 23, 2016

A general view shows part of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic, February 16, 2016. Picture taken on February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola - RTX27ZD3

Helping Central Africans through the transition from donor-dependent failed state to a community-led recovery

Friday, September 23, 2016

A worker walks 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fastest growth rates in the world, is racing to upgrade neglected infrastructure, improve regulations and revise often outdated economic figures to spur investment.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) - RTR4CBZ8

The US-Africa Business Forum: Key interventions for infrastructure investment

Jeffrey Gutman and Nirav Patel

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Workers sort a working gloves in Pittards world class leather manufacturing company in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, March 22, 2016. Picture taken March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RTSDHGV

The US-Africa Business Forum: Africa’s “middle class” and the “in-between” sector—A new opening for manufacturing?

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) CEO Elizabeth Littlefield (3rd R) and U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Director Lee Zak (R) join Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd R) to announce the signing agreements to develop electrical power generation projects in Africa during the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in Washington August 5, 2014. The forum is part of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit bringing nearly fifty African heads of state together for three days of meetings and events. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS ENERGY) - RTR41CLK

The US-Africa Business Forum: Increasing finance and capital investment

Christina Golubski and Amadou Sy

Monday, September 19, 2016

Ghanaian newly elected president John Dramani Mahama gives a speech as he attends a victory rally to thank the supporters of NDC (National Democratic Congress), the party of the late president John Atta Mills, in Accra December 10, 2012. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (GHANA - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3BFF0

Africa in the news: The Sentry reports power abuses in South Sudan, Ghana’s eurobond is vastly oversubscribed, and Visa launches M-Pesa rival

Friday, September 16, 2016

The representative from Guinea's seat remains empty during the opening session at the AGOA Forum during the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington August 4, 2014. The leaders of Guinea and Sierra Leone have skipped the summit to deal with the ebola crisis in their nations. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - RTR416GB

The US-Africa Business Forum: Assessing progress and considering the stakes

Amy Copley and Amadou Sy

Friday, September 16, 2016

African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka (L-R) leads a panel discussion including Carlyle Group CEO David Rubenstein and Standard Bank Joint Chief Executive Sim Tshabalala during the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in Washington August 5, 2014. The forum is part of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit bringing nearly 50 African heads of state together for three days of meetings and events. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - RTR41C2G

Figures of the week: For the US-Africa Business Forum, the current state of corporate Africa

Friday, September 16, 2016

(L-R) U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice leads a panel discussion on infrastructure with Coca-Cola's CEO Muhtar Kent, Harith Fund Managers' CEO Tshepo Mahloele, Blackstone's CEO Stephen Schwarzman, IBM's CEO Virginia Rometty and Econet Wireless' Founder and Chairman Strive Masiyiwa during the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in Washington August 5, 2014. The forum is part of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit bringing nearly fifty African heads of state together for three days of meetings and events. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TELECOMS) - RTR41CLQ

The US-Africa Business Forum: Expanding credit for small-scale irrigation

Thursday, September 15, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Takunda Ralph Michael Chingonzo of Zimbabwe (L) at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum about strengthening trade and financial ties between the U.S. and Africa in Washington, August 5, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - RTR41CZ7

The US-Africa Business Forum: Investing in solar energy

Witney Schneidman

Thursday, September 15, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama talks at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum about strengthening trade and financial ties between the U.S. and Africa in Washington, August 5, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - RTR41CWV

The US-Africa Business Forum: ICT investment can drive economic growth

Robin J. Lewis, John Villasenor, and Darrell M. West

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

A customer conducts a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, inside the Safaricom mobile phone care centre in the central business district of Kenya's capital Nairobi July 15, 2013. Picture taken July 15. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS) - RTX13QOM

Assessing financial inclusion advances in sub-Saharan Africa

Robin J. Lewis, John Villasenor, and Darrell M. West

Tuesday, September 13, 2016