Africa Growth Initiative

Research

Report

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2018

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Report

Reassessing Africa’s global partnerships

Wenjie Chen and Roger Nord

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Report

Harnessing Africa's digital potential

Njuguna Ndung’u

Thursday, January 11, 2018

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Blog Posts

People walk through the streets of a shopping area in Addis Ababa May 26, 2014. Ethiopia has pushed the door ajar for foreign retailers keen to enter the fast-growing market of 90 million people, welcoming them as managers but keeping the state in control. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EA5R05A501

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Doing business in sub-Saharan Africa

Joshua Miller

Friday, November 9, 2018

FILE PHOTO: A South African Airways Airbus A320-200 aircraft (bottom) arrives as a Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 aircraft prepares to take off at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo - RC1E35E6C420

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: South Sudan peace ceremony and South African Airways update

Dhruv Gandhi

Saturday, November 3, 2018

Women stand in line for food aid distribution delivered by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and world food program in the village of Makunzi Wali, Central African Republic, April 27, 2017. Picture taken April 27, 2017 REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC132928B970

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Realizing the full potential of social safety nets in Africa

Nirav Patel

Friday, November 2, 2018

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Events

Fixing fragility in the Sahel: A conversation with Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

Re-examining trade with Africa under the Continental Free Trade Agreement

2:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDT

Industry 4.0 in Africa: Helping or hindering?

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Washington, DC

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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

LandrySigne

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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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Newly elected President Sahle-Work Zewde addresses the House of Peoples' Representatives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC121F910040

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: South Africa budget update and Ethiopia appoints first female president

Dhruv Gandhi

Friday, October 26, 2018

Employees work at the Kenya Cane spirit production line at the East African Breweries Limited factory in Ruaraka factory in Nairobi, Kenya April 6, 2018. Picture taken April 6, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC1A3A3D7320

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Simulating the future of work in sub-Saharan Africa

Nirav Patel

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

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. To match Insight AFRICA-MOBILEMONEY/ Picture taken July 15, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS) - GM1EA7U1QS601

Africa in focus

Better tax collection can help tackle rising debt in Africa and the challenge of development finance

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and Dhruv Gandhi

Monday, October 22, 2018

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Africa Growth Initiative

Africa in the news: US Ambassador to South Africa nominated, human rights in Tanzania, and American security presence

Africa’s untapped and expanding business potential

How gender determines intergenerational mobility in Africa

Africa in the news: New visa programs, kidnappings in Cameroon, and anti-gay campaign in Tanzania

Research

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2018

Reassessing Africa’s global partnerships

Harnessing Africa's digital potential

Blog Posts

Figures of the week: Doing business in sub-Saharan Africa

Africa in the news: South Sudan peace ceremony and South African Airways update

Figures of the week: Realizing the full potential of social safety nets in Africa

Events

Fixing fragility in the Sahel: A conversation with Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

Re-examining trade with Africa under the Continental Free Trade Agreement

Industry 4.0 in Africa: Helping or hindering?

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

Africa in the news: South Africa budget update and Ethiopia appoints first female president

Figure of the week: Simulating the future of work in sub-Saharan Africa

Better tax collection can help tackle rising debt in Africa and the challenge of development finance