Africa Growth Initiative

A man poses with Zimbabwe's new two dollar banknotes as customers queue outside a bank in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC2J9D9ID88X

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Billion-dollar valuation for Nigerian tech company, Kenya-Somalia relations, and new Zimbabwe bank notes

Payce Madden

Saturday, November 16, 2019

People are seen ahead of Pope Francis' arrival for a prayer vigil with youth at the Soamandrakizay Mess site in Antananarivo, Madagascar, September 7, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC11253C5FF0

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Migration and remittances in sub-Saharan Africa

Dhruv Gandhi

Thursday, November 14, 2019

A visitor examines a Russian rocket-propelled grenade launcher RPG-29 during the Russia-Africa Economic Forum Exhibition on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia, October 24, 2019. Sergei Chirikov/Pool via REUTERS - RC1A50BA75C0

Africa in focus

What does Russia really want from Africa?

Jideofor Adibe

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Al Dardeery Mohamed Ahmed and his delegation leave the U.S. Treasury Department after negotiations on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, situated on the border between Ethiopia and Sudan, in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC206D9D9GFM

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: US – Africa updates, South Sudan unity government, and Mauritius elections

Dhruv Gandhi

Saturday, November 9, 2019

Research

Women pick unwanted coffee beans from the final product just before packaging in Holiso cooperative of Shebedino district in Sidama, Ethiopia November 30, 2018. Picture taken November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie - RC1A79217960

Report

Supporting small informal businesses to improve the quality of jobs in Africa

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

A customer uses the AliExpress app on a mobile phone, after Safaricom secured a deal to use its M-Pesa mobile payment service for online shopping on one of Alibaba's platforms, at their offices in Nairobi, Kenya March 12, 2019. REUTERS/George Nganga - RC17EC4C3010

Report

Taxing mobile phone transactions in Africa: Lessons from Kenya

Njuguna Ndung’u

Monday, August 5, 2019

Flags fly over the Federal Reserve Headquarters on a windy day in Washington, U.S., May 26, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1E2991B8B0

Report

Emerging market capital flows and US monetary policy

John Clark, Nathan Converse, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, and Steven Kamin

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

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Blog Posts

Students laugh and share a joke outside their classroom at the Sudan University of Science and Technology in Khartoum, Sudan, May 14, 2015. In Sudan, which faces insurgences in the western region of Darfur and along its border with breakaway South Sudan, as well as double-digit inflation and high unemployment, life goes on for young people in the capital Khartoum. As well as studying, for those who can afford it, the urban young of Sudan play football and netball, swim and fish in the nearby River Nile, attend prayers at local mosques and enjoy concerts or family celebrations. Other entertainment includes watching U.K. football matches and films on TV, with Facebook being ever popular for chatting amongst friends. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin AbdallahPICTURE 11 OF 28 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "YOUTH OF TODAY IN SUDAN". SEARCH "YOUNG NURELDIN" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000121814

Africa in focus

The future of work in Africa: Opportunities and challenges of digital technologies

Dhruv Gandhi

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Farm workers walk between rows of vegetables at a farm in Eikenhof, South Africa, October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC14F0E641A0

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Opportunities for public finance in Africa

Payce Madden

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Africa in focus

A conversation with Somali Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beileh on economic adjustment in fragile African states

Payce Madden

Monday, November 4, 2019

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Events

2019

Oct

Past Event

Using extractive industry data to fight inequality & strengthen accountability: Victories, lessons, future directions for Africa

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

The future of work in Africa: Opportunities and challenges of digital technologies

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

Economic adjustment in conflict-affected and fragile states in Africa: Lessons from Somalia

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Op-Eds

A woman sits near food items displayed for sale at a market in Abuja, Nigeria October 10, 2019. Picture taken October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC116DF3C490

Op-Ed

Nigeria’s Benin border closure and what it means for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Landry Signé and Colette van der Ven

Monday, November 4, 2019

Posters of Russian President Vladimir Putin hang on the streets of Egypt's capital ahead of his meeting with his Egyptian counterpart President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, Egypt December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC119911E330

Op-Ed

Vladimir Putin is resetting Russia’s Africa agenda to counter the US and China

Landry Signé

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Fishermen take their lunch in front of fishing boats as container ships cross the Red Sea before entering the Suez Canal, in Ismailia port city, northeast of Cairo, Egypt, Egypt October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC1BDB7685C0

Op-Ed

The high growth promise of an integrated Africa

Landry Signé and Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Friday, August 2, 2019

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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

EsibaSiba

Landry Signé

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

LandrySigne

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Multimedia

Africa in focus

A conversation with Guinean President Condé on natural resource management in Africa

Christina Golubski

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Names of missing Chibok school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgency five years ago are displayed during the 5th year anniversary of their abduction, in Abuja, Nigeria April 14, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC19E45DE390

Africa in focus

Beneath the Tamarind Tree: Nigeria and the resilience of the Chibok Girls

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

General view of the port terminal in Algiers, Algeria March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC1308CF2410

Podcast Episode

How will the Continental Free Trade Area transform Africa?

Landry Signé

Friday, May 31, 2019

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