Africa Growth Initiative

Factory officials take samples of cocoa beans at a cocoa processing factory in Ile-Oluji village in Ondo state, southwest Nigeria March 29, 2016. Picture taken March 29, 2016. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - GF10000374278

Report

Leveraging the employment potential of industries without smokestacks

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Zaki El-Dine, 24, a brick-maker, pours water from the Nile river onto a patch of mud to make bricks on Tuti Island, Khartoum, Sudan, February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA NILE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Africa in Focus

The controversy over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

John Mukum Mbaku

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Africa in Focus

A social distancing reading list from the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative

Louise Fox, Lemma Senbet, Landry Signé, Amadou Sy, and Christina Golubski

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Somalia's Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire addresses the Parliament seating where he was confirmed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: New funding to fight COVID-19 in Africa, Somalia’s prime minister voted out, and political updates in Mali and Côte d’Ivoire

Christina Golubski and Chris Heitzig

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Research

Illustration of a globe focused on Africa

Interactive

African Leadership Transitions Tracker

Vera Songwe

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Truck drivers wait near their parked vehicles for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test results at the Namanga one stop border crossing point between Kenya and Tanzania, in Namanga, Kenya May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Report

The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on trade: Recent evidence from East Africa

Andrew Mold and Anthony Mveyange

Thursday, July 9, 2020

A fruit seller is seen in a market amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Adjame a neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon.

Report

The informal sector in francophone Africa: The other side of weak structural transformation

Nancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

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Blog Posts

Unidentified fisherman counting money and trading fish on December 24, 2014 in a traditional fishing village at Lake Victoria, Kenya

Africa in Focus

Figures of the week: Regional heterogeneity in Africa’s economic growth predicted to subside

David Kanos and Chris Heitzig

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Africa in Focus

The US and Kenya launch negotiations on a free trade agreement. Will they succeed?

Witney Schneidman and Brionne Dawson

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

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Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Election updates, Ethiopia begins to fill the GERD, and Sudan’s democratic transition moves forward

Chris Heitzig

Saturday, July 25, 2020

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Events

2020

Jul

Past Event

Unlocking Africa’s business potential

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Youth employment through industries without smokestacks: Workshop 3

8:30 AM - Friday Jun 19, 2020 12:00 PM EDT

Understanding the drivers of inequality in Africa and implications for human development

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EST

Washington, DC

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Op-Eds

An employee examines recycled plastic flakes after a wet recycle process at the Mr.Green plastic recycling factory in Nairobi, Kenya, June 25, 2018. Picture taken June 25, 2018.REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Op-Ed

L’Afrique est plus résiliente qu’on ne le croit

Landry Signé

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Op-Ed

Africa is more resilient than you think

Landry Signé

Thursday, June 25, 2020

A child walks along the street at the start of the lockdown restrictions set by the government to prevent the rampant spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Eastleigh district of Nairobi, Kenya May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Op-Ed

A COVID-19 response for the world’s poor

Erik Berglöf, Gordon Brown, Helen Clark, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Monday, June 8, 2020

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Experts

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Vice President and Director - Global Economy and Development

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Landry Signé

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

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Multimedia

Container ships wait to load and offload goods in port in Cape Town, South Africa.

Global Economy

Africa’s roadmap for long-term economic growth

Landry Signé and David Dollar

Monday, June 29, 2020

Locals walk at a mall as South Africa starts to relax some aspects of a stringent nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Soweto, South Africa, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Podcast Episode

Contemplating COVID-19’s impact on Africa’s economic outlook with Landry Signé and Iginio Gagliardone

Landry Signé

African Tech Roundup

Monday, May 4, 2020

Global Trade

How to ensure Africa has the financial resources to address COVID-19

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and David Dollar

Monday, May 4, 2020

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