Africa Growth Initiative

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A trader changes dollars for naira at a currency exchange store in Lagos, Nigeria, February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Joe Penney/File Photo

Report

Is sub-Saharan Africa facing another systemic sovereign debt crisis?

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Dhruv Gandhi, and Lemma Senbet

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Lucia Mayta, 43, and her daughter Luz Cecilia, 12, pose for a photograph inside their bodega in La Paz February 24, 2014. Lucia studied until the fourth grade of primary school, and knows how to read and write and do basic math. Lucia runs a bodega, and the family live in a back room. She hopes to build a house in the future. Luz Cecilia is in seventh grade and wants to be a singer. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. Picture taken February 24, 2014. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 11 OF 32 FOR PACKAGE 'WOMEN'S DAY - MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'REUTERS MOTHERS DAUGHTERS' - GM1EA370T5701

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Empowering women entrepreneurs in developing countries

Eyerusalem Siba

Friday, February 15, 2019

Schoolchildren look out at the central business district from atop the Kenya International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, August 25, 2015. REUTERS/Joe Penney - GF10000182190

Report

The new urban agenda and demographic dividend: Investments for Africa’s youth

Eyerusalem Siba

Thursday, January 31, 2019

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Blog Posts

A man holds his phone to take a Facebook live video near a chasm suspected to have been caused by a heavy downpour along an underground fault-line near the Rift Valley town of Mai Mahiu, Kenya March 28, 2018. Picture taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC12E3D4ACD0

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Gap in universal mobile phone and internet access in Africa

Dhruv Gandhi

Friday, April 12, 2019

A trader changes dollars with naira at a currency exchange store in Lagos

Africa in focus

Is a debt crisis looming in Africa?

Chukwuka Onyekwena and Mma Amara Ekeruche

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

People carry flags during a protest demanding radical change in Algiers, Algeria April 5, 2019

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: African Continental Free Trade Agreement updates, Algeria’s president resigns, and Vodacom Tanzania executives face criminal charges

Joshua Miller

Saturday, April 6, 2019

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Events

Initiative pour la Croissance en Afrique - Recherches et Commentaires

Africa flags are blown in the wind as leaders arrive in Rwanda's capital, Kigali for the opening meeting for New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), February 13, 2004. African leaders are gathering for a two-day meeting to push forward a plan to monitor each other's performance on human rights, corruption and other issues, to counter the continent's reputation for bad governance. The African Union's 53 members agreed to set up the peer-review mechanism in 2002 but so far only 16 governments have agreed to be rated on criteria such as economic policy, commitment to democracy and business environment. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna REUTERS AN - RTRCNAA

Africa in focus

Quatre questions destinées au nouveau directeur de l’Africa Growth Initiative de Brookings

Christina Golubski and Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Storm clouds hover as a cyclist rides past a field of maize after late rains near Malawi's capital Lilongwe, February 1, 2016. Late rains in Malawi threaten the staple maize crop and have pushed prices to record highs.About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX24Z7D

Africa in focus

Le tonnerre n’est pas toujours suivi de la pluie : Maintenir le progrès vers la réalisation de la vision pour l’Afrique

Amadou Sy, Christina Golubski, and Amy Copley

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Chadi Srour (in white shirt), technical director of real estate company Sipim, walks at a Sipim development site with his colleagues in Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast, September 15, 2015. From Abidjan’s packed airport arrivals hall to the buildings mushrooming across the capital, Ivory Coast is booming, a rare African bright spot as the world’s biggest cocoa producer bounces back from a 2011 civil war. Buyers of luxury apartments include Ivorians living overseas, while promoters from Morocco, Turkey and China are attracted by tax breaks. Elections - the source of national unrest four years ago - are due in a month but there is no let-up in investment given expectations of an easy victory for incumbent Alassane Ouattara. The government predicts 9.6 percent growth this year, making the former French colony the standout performer on a continent hammered by a slump in commodity prices, capital outflows and tumbling currencies. REUTERS/Joe PenneyPICTURE 17 OF 33 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "IVORY COAST IS BOOMING". SEARCH "BOOMING PENNEY" FOR ALL IMAGES - RTX1SEEB

Africa in focus

Point de vue prospectif sur l’Afrique: les potentiels obstacles à l’investissement à surveiller en 2017

Elizabeth Littlefield

Monday, March 6, 2017

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Experts

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Director - Africa Growth Initiative

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Eyerusalem Siba

Research Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

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Landry Signé

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

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Multimedia

U.S. first lady Melania Trump poses for a photo during her visit to Cape Coast.

U.S. Foreign Policy

Could Melania Trump’s visit to Africa repair US-Africa relations?

Landry Signé

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Photo: African leaders at Continental Free Trade Agreement signing

Podcast Episode

How Africa’s historic free trade agreement will change the continent

Witney Schneidman, Landry Signé, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Employees work on the manufacturing line at the United Aryan Export Processing Zone textile factory in Nairobi, Kenya April 13, 2017. Picture taken April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC116416CF10

Africa in focus

Capitalizing on Industry 4.0 in Africa

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

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Africa in focus

Looming debt crisis in Africa: Myth or reality?

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Dhruv Gandhi, and Lemma Senbet

Friday, April 5, 2019

People wait to receive aid at a camp for the people displaced in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in John Segredo near Beira, Mozambique March 31, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra?? - RC11914B18B0

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Cyclone Idai’s impact on Mozambique

Payce Madden

Friday, April 5, 2019

A customer walks past wedding dresses at a bridal shop ih Johannesburg, South Africa May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC12B1DF4210

Africa in focus

Africa’s emerging economies to take the lead in consumer market growth

Landry Signé

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

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Africa Growth Initiative

Figure of the week: Press freedom in Africa

African economies, digitalization, and fragility: Insights from the Spring Meetings

Financing Africa’s economic growth

Africa in the news: Sudan faces regime change, Vatican hosts South Sudan peace summit, and IMF and World Bank release growth projections

Research

Is sub-Saharan Africa facing another systemic sovereign debt crisis?

Empowering women entrepreneurs in developing countries

The new urban agenda and demographic dividend: Investments for Africa’s youth

Blog Posts

Figure of the week: Gap in universal mobile phone and internet access in Africa

Is a debt crisis looming in Africa?

Africa in the news: African Continental Free Trade Agreement updates, Algeria’s president resigns, and Vodacom Tanzania executives face criminal charges

Events

Is sub-Saharan Africa facing another systemic sovereign debt crisis?

CANCELLED – Kaizen: A management philosophy for advancing development in Africa

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa in 2019

Initiative pour la Croissance en Afrique - Recherches et Commentaires

Quatre questions destinées au nouveau directeur de l’Africa Growth Initiative de Brookings

Le tonnerre n’est pas toujours suivi de la pluie : Maintenir le progrès vers la réalisation de la vision pour l’Afrique

Point de vue prospectif sur l’Afrique: les potentiels obstacles à l’investissement à surveiller en 2017

Experts

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Director - Africa Growth Initiative

Eyerusalem Siba

Research Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Landry Signé

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Multimedia

Could Melania Trump’s visit to Africa repair US-Africa relations?

How Africa’s historic free trade agreement will change the continent

Capitalizing on Industry 4.0 in Africa

More on Africa Growth Initiative

Looming debt crisis in Africa: Myth or reality?

Figure of the week: Cyclone Idai’s impact on Mozambique

Africa’s emerging economies to take the lead in consumer market growth