Africa Growth Initiative

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Africa in focus

Can Trump’s Prosper Africa make America greater than China and other partners in Africa?

Landry Signé and Eric Olander

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Africa in focus

Can the US and Africa prosper together?

Witney Schneidman and Jay Ireland

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Sudanese refugees who fled from the clashes are seen at a school in Al Dahra district in Tripoli, Libya April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny - RC1A8DEA8F40

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Prosper Africa, World Refugee Day, and DRC updates

Christina Golubski

Saturday, June 22, 2019

A technician cleans solar panels, part of the BBOXX and EDF solar energy system used to provide electricity to Sikpe Afidegnon village, Togo May 16, 2019. Picture taken May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Noel Kokou Tadegnon - RC123FE24560

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Progress on SDGs in Africa

Genevieve Jesse and Dhruv Gandhi

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Research

Photo: African leaders at Continental Free Trade Agreement signing

Report

Keys to success for the AfCFTA negotiations

Landry Signé and Colette van der Ven

Thursday, May 30, 2019

A trader changes dollars for naira at a currency exchange store in Lagos, Nigeria, February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Joe Penney/File Photo

Report

Is sub-Saharan Africa facing another systemic sovereign debt crisis?

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Dhruv Gandhi, and Lemma Senbet

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

A trader changes dollars with naira at a currency exchange store in Lagos

Report

Fiscal and debt sustainability in Africa

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Sunday, March 31, 2019

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Blog Posts

South Sudanese girls walk in the town of Malakal, in the Upper Nile state of South Sudan, September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner SEARCH "MALAKAL BAZ" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC147CC6F6A0

Africa in focus

My rise as a refugee girl: Why I’m giving back to girls in South Sudan

Victoria Nassera

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Children attend lessons at the evening school in Ouakam neighbourhood, Dakar, Senegal January 16, 2019. Picture taken January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC1AD6488A90

Africa in focus

African states’ varying progress toward gender equality in education

Nirav Patel and Genevieve Jesse

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Guests sing as they arrive for the inauguration of Cyril Ramaphosa as President, at Loftus Versveld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC17E4818CD0

Africa in focus

Post-election South Africa: Top priorities for the administration

Landry Signé and Witney Schneidman

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

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Events

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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

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

Podcast Episode

Financing Africa’s economic growth

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Lemma Senbet, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

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

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Addressing Africa’s youth unemployment through industries without smokestacks

Is sub-Saharan Africa facing another systemic sovereign debt crisis?

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

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Director - Africa Growth Initiative

Research Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

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