Africa Growth Initiative

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Report

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2019

Friday, January 11, 2019

Report

Reconciling financing needs and rising debt levels

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Friday, January 11, 2019

Report

How industries without smokestacks can address Africa’s youth unemployment crisis

John Page

Friday, January 11, 2019

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Blog Posts

Ron Clark Academy 6th graders applaud during a scene in the film "Black Panther" at Atlantic Station theaters in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry - RC143EE87A40

Africa in focus

From Wakanda to reality: Building mutual prosperity between African-Americans and Africa

Landry Signé and Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Fork-lift machines are seen idle at Dangote tomatoes processing factory along the Kano-Zaria road in Kano, northwest Nigeria August 21, 2017. Picture taken August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye. - RC1F842D65B0

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Africa’s business potential

Payce Madden

Thursday, February 14, 2019

People walk on a street of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, July 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luc Gnago - RC1B61115AA0

Africa in focus

Debt management in a challenging environment: Lessons from Côte d’Ivoire

Adama Koné

Wednesday, February 13, 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

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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Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera signs a peace deal between the Central African Republic government and 14 armed groups following two weeks of talks in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Sudan, February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RC145AE69E40

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Peace in Central African Republic, US visa sanctions on Ghana, and natural resources in Southern Africa

Payce Madden

Saturday, February 9, 2019

Workers wash pulped coffee beans at the Tilamo cooperative of Shebedino district in Sidama, Ethiopia November 29, 2018. Picture taken November 29, 2018. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie - RC1B535BFE70

Africa in focus

Three myths about youth employment in Africa and strategies to realize the demographic dividend

Louise Fox

Thursday, February 7, 2019

A woman casts her vote at a polling unit in Daura, northwest Nigeria March 28, 2015. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - GF10000042218

Africa in focus

Nigeria’s 2019 presidential elections: A chance to think globally and act locally

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

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Africa Growth Initiative

Discovering a more inclusive private sector development where least expected

Africa in the news: AU summit, Eskom power cuts, and telecom industry consolidation in Kenya

Empowering women entrepreneurs in developing countries

The Japanese philosophy of kaizen offers opportunity for industrial development in Africa

Research

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2019

Reconciling financing needs and rising debt levels

How industries without smokestacks can address Africa’s youth unemployment crisis

Blog Posts

From Wakanda to reality: Building mutual prosperity between African-Americans and Africa

Figures of the week: Africa’s business potential

Debt management in a challenging environment: Lessons from Côte d’Ivoire

Events

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

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa in 2019

Africa’s untapped and expanding business potential

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: Peace in Central African Republic, US visa sanctions on Ghana, and natural resources in Southern Africa

Three myths about youth employment in Africa and strategies to realize the demographic dividend

Nigeria’s 2019 presidential elections: A chance to think globally and act locally