Africa Growth Initiative

Ship with oil rig in the background in the Nigerian capitol Lagos

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Natural resources, elections, and COVID-19 updates

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Saturday, January 23, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on his administration's Covid-19 response in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Biden in his first full day in office plans to issue a sweeping set of executive orders to tackle the raging Covid-19 pandemic that will rapidly reverse or refashion many of his predecessor's most heavily criticized policies. Photographer: Al Drago/Pool/Sipa USA No Use Germany.

Africa in Focus

Biden, democracy, and Africa

Witney Schneidman

Friday, January 22, 2021

Africa in Focus

Vote—What do you think should be the top priority for Africa in the year ahead?

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Friday, January 22, 2021

Africa in Focus

Join the conversation on the top priorities for Africa in 2021

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Research

Essay

The Great Reset: Relaunching African economies

Acha Leke, Landry Signé, and Vera Songwe

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Essay

Support for public health: Preparing for the next pandemic

John Nkengasong

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Essay

Human development: Protecting vulnerable populations

Jakkie Cilliers and Stellah Kwasi

Thursday, January 21, 2021

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Blog Posts

An election official shows a ballot after polling stations closed during the presidential elections in Kampala, Uganda, January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Central African Republic, Ethiopia, and Uganda updates

Chris Heitzig

Saturday, January 16, 2021

Men work at a containers terminal in Abidjan April 3, 2008. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST)

Africa in Focus

Figure of the week: Momentum in trade going into the AfCFTA era

Chris Heitzig and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.- In the photo, a specialist works in a clinical laboratory amid the pandemic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Less affected by covid-19 than the rest of the continents, Africa begins a race for the vaccine. The continent hopes to vaccinate "3% of Africans between now and March 2021 and 20% by the end of next year," declared the regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Matshidiso Moeti, in Brazzaville.

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: AfCFTA launches, Africa secures COVID-19 vaccines, and Niger and the Central African Republic vote

Chris Heitzig

Saturday, January 9, 2021

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Events

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Upcoming Event

Op-Eds

Op-Ed

Globalizing the COVID vaccine

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Friday, January 8, 2021

A worker is seen at a production line within the Shona Textiles Export Processing Zone (EPZ) as they make protective face masks, as a measure to stem the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Athi River near Nairobi, Kenya April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

Op-Ed

Global partnerships for an African recovery

Landry Signé, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Joyce Banda, Rosalía Arteaga Serrano, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Laimdota Straujuma, Yves Leterme, and Rovshan Muradov

Friday, October 9, 2020

Op-Ed

The ‘great reset’ requires agile governance

Landry Signé, Addisu Lashitew, and Sanjeev Khagram

Friday, September 11, 2020

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Experts

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Director - Africa Growth Initiative

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Landry Signé

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

LandrySigne

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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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Africa Growth Initiative

Africa in the news: Natural resources, elections, and COVID-19 updates

Biden, democracy, and Africa

Vote—What do you think should be the top priority for Africa in the year ahead?

Join the conversation on the top priorities for Africa in 2021

Research

The Great Reset: Relaunching African economies

Support for public health: Preparing for the next pandemic

Human development: Protecting vulnerable populations

Blog Posts

Africa in the news: Central African Republic, Ethiopia, and Uganda updates

Figure of the week: Momentum in trade going into the AfCFTA era

Africa in the news: AfCFTA launches, Africa secures COVID-19 vaccines, and Niger and the Central African Republic vote

Events

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2021

Unlocking Africa’s business potential

Youth employment through industries without smokestacks: Workshop 3

Op-Eds

Globalizing the COVID vaccine

Global partnerships for an African recovery

The ‘great reset’ requires agile governance

Experts

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Director - Africa Growth Initiative

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Landry Signé

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Multimedia

Africa’s roadmap for long-term economic growth

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

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

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Continental integration: Uniting a revitalized Africa

Good governance: Building trust between people and their leaders

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