Africa Growth Initiative

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Economic Development

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2018

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Developing Economies

Reassessing Africa’s global partnerships

Wenjie Chen and Roger Nord

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Developing Economies

Harnessing Africa's digital potential

Njuguna Ndung’u

Thursday, January 11, 2018

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Blog Posts

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the 2018 Beijing Summit Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation - Round Table Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 4, 2018. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS - RC1696DECD60

Africa in focus

The political significance of China’s latest commitments to Africa

Yun Sun

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

China's President Xi Jinping, front left, gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing September 3, 2018. Madoka Ikegami/POOL Via REUTERS - RC164C6E3870

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: China-Africa cooperation, South Africa’s recession, and Rwanda’s parliamentary elections

Amy Copley

Saturday, September 8, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the High-level Dialogue between Chinese and African Leaders and Business and Industry Representatives at the sixth China-Africa Entrepreneur Conference at the Beijing National Convention Center in Beijing, China September 3, 2018. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS - RC1C7518E350

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Chinese investment in Africa

Mariama Sow

Thursday, September 6, 2018

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Events

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

Supporting local research for development in sub-Saharan Africa: Unpacking the quest for evidence from aid agencies

1:30 PM - 5:00 PM 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

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Multimedia

Photo: African leaders at Continental Free Trade Agreement signing

Global Trade

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

Somali government soldiers secure the scene of an attack on a restaurant by the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia, October 1, 2016. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - S1BEUEMCYWAA

Order from Chaos

Somalia, facing severe challenges, also shows signs of hope

Ian Livingston

Thursday, May 3, 2018

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More on Africa Growth Initiative

An aerial view shows workers at the Alltex export processing zone (EPZ) factory in Athi River, near the Kenyan capital Nairobi, July 31, 2009. Kenya's exports to the United States rose 8 percent to 20.6 billion shillings ($268 million) in 2008, largely due to U.S. legislation to promote African trade, Kenya's trade minister Amos Kimunya said. The U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has granted duty-free access for many sub-Saharan African nations' products since 2000. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E57V1NWZ01

Developing Economies

Meeting Africa’s employment challenge in a changing world

Tilman Altenburg and Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attend the 2018 Beijing Summit Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation - Round Table Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 4, 2018. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS - RC14FFE63BA0

Africa in focus

China’s 2018 financial commitments to Africa: Adjustment and recalibration

Yun Sun

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump as they meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC1D0C9E7900

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: New US investments in Kenya

Victoria Elikana

Saturday, September 1, 2018

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Africa Growth Initiative

Figures of the week: Africa’s growing youth population and human capital investments

The potential of manufacturing and industrialization in Africa

Africa in the news: Djibouti nationalizes port, world’s oldest drawing found in South Africa, and new EU-Africa programs

Figures of the week: Female property ownership in sub-Saharan Africa

Research

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2018

Reassessing Africa’s global partnerships

Harnessing Africa's digital potential

Blog Posts

The political significance of China’s latest commitments to Africa

Africa in the news: China-Africa cooperation, South Africa’s recession, and Rwanda’s parliamentary elections

Figures of the week: Chinese investment in Africa

Events

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

Industry 4.0 in Africa: Helping or hindering?

Supporting local research for development in sub-Saharan Africa: Unpacking the quest for evidence from aid agencies

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

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

Capitalizing on Industry 4.0 in Africa

Somalia, facing severe challenges, also shows signs of hope

More on Africa Growth Initiative

Meeting Africa’s employment challenge in a changing world

China’s 2018 financial commitments to Africa: Adjustment and recalibration

Figure of the week: New US investments in Kenya