Africa Growth Initiative

Research

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - January 30 2014: Raw Coffee Bean sorting and processing in a factory

Report

The potential of industries without smokestacks to address unemployment: An Ethiopia case study

Tsegay Gebrekidan Tekleselassie

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Report

Sub-Saharan Africa’s debt problem: Mapping the pandemic’s effect and the way forward

Chris Heitzig, Aloysius Uche Ordu, and Lemma Senbet

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Report

The ruinous price for Africa of pernicious ‘perception premiums’

Hippolyte Fofack

Thursday, October 7, 2021

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Blog Posts

An employee weighs a 1kg gold bar at AGR (African Gold Refinery) in Entebbe, Uganda, October 4, 2018. Picture taken October 4, 2018. To match Insight AFRICA-GOLD/REFINERIES REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Africa in Focus

Commodity-linked bonds and Africa’s search for innovative financing

Joseph Atta-Mensah

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai addresses the Geneva Graduate Institute on the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the global economy and U.S. policy priorities ahead of the 12th Ministerial Conference in Geneva, Switzerland October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Africa in Focus

How the Biden administration can make AGOA more effective

Witney Schneidman, Kate McNulty, and Natalie Dicharry

Monday, November 15, 2021

Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi speaks at a meeting during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: AGOA removals, vaccine update, and COP26-related news

Chris Heitzig

Saturday, November 6, 2021

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Events

The state of Africa’s free trade agreement and strategies for greater integration

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Green trade under the AfCFTA: The role of AU-EU partnership

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Accelerating COVID-19 vaccinations in Africa

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

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Op-Eds

Rwanda.- In the photos taken on March 8, 2021, it shows a vaccination center against the coronavirus. Nigeria, Kenya and Rwanda began vaccinating frontline healthcare workers and vulnerable citizens against Covid-19 as Africa, the world's poorest continent and home to 1.3 billion people, stepped up its vaccination campaigns.

Op-Ed

Africa must produce its own vaccines

Landry Signé

Thursday, September 23, 2021

West Africa

Does West Africa need a single currency?

Eswar Prasad and Vera Songwe

Thursday, August 19, 2021

--FILE--A fishing fleet departs from a harbor after the summer fishing moratorium ended in Zhoushan city, east China's Zhejiang province, 1 August 2016.Overfishing in Chinese rivers and seas has seriously depleted stocks and the government is to cut the size of the nation's fishing fleet, the agricultural ministry said. The ministry said there were practically "no fish" in the coastal East China Sea and fishermen also had a hard time finding a catch in many other coastal waters, according to a state radio report on Sunday (14 August 2016). Agriculture minister Han Changfu told China National Radio that it was time to trim China's fishing industry, now booming with the world's largest fishing fleet, to protect fish stocks.No Use China. No Use France.

Op-Ed

A golden opportunity to end destructive fishing subsidies

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Thursday, July 15, 2021

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Experts

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Director - Africa Growth Initiative

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

AloysiusOrdu

Landry Signé

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

LandrySigne

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Multimedia

File photo - Chad, Ennedi, Amdjarass, arrival of President Idriss Deby with his wife in his native village and official welcome at the airport. Chads President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the front line of a fight against northern rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday, the day after Deby was declared the winner of a sixth term in office. Deby's campaign said on Monday that he was headed to the front lines to join troops battling "terrorists". Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Podcast Episode

What does President Idriss Déby’s death mean for Chad?

John Mukum Mbaku and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Johannesburg, South Africa - December 21, 2013: Johannesburg began as a gold-mining settlement. Today it is one of the world's leading financial centers, the economic & financial hub of South Africa

Podcast Episode

US policy toward Africa, with Landry Signé

Landry Signé

The President's Inbox

Thursday, February 25, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A money changer counts Nigerian currency notes for a customer in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, Nigeria March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

Podcast Episode

How Africa can emerge stronger after COVID-19

Aloysius Uche Ordu and Fred Dews

Friday, February 5, 2021

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More on Africa Growth Initiative

Power-generating wind turbines are seen at the Lake Turkana Wind Power project (LTWP) in Loiyangalani district, Marsabit County, northern Kenya, September 4, 2018. Picture taken September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Africa in Focus

Accelerating Africa’s green economy transition

Chuku Chuku and Victor Ajayi

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Dodoma, Tanzania. 08-18-2019. Portrait of a group of children at school looking smiling at the camera after packing their things and ready to leave on their way home.

Africa in Focus

Figure of the week: Education participation rates in Africa increase, with some caveats

Tamara White

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Fone Coulibaly ties up tomato plants in one of Amadou Sidibe's greenhouses in Katibougou, Mali, February 12, 2020. Picture taken February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Annie Risemberg

Africa in Focus

Key strategies to accelerate Africa’s post-COVID recovery

Louise Fox and Landry Signé

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

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Africa Growth Initiative

Industrial policy makes a comeback in Africa

Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act: Addressing old problems, creating new ones

Africa in the news: COP26 concludes, African repo bond market established, and Secretary of State Blinken goes to Africa

Africa’s youth lost out in Glasgow

Research

The potential of industries without smokestacks to address unemployment: An Ethiopia case study

Sub-Saharan Africa’s debt problem: Mapping the pandemic’s effect and the way forward

The ruinous price for Africa of pernicious ‘perception premiums’

Blog Posts

Commodity-linked bonds and Africa’s search for innovative financing

How the Biden administration can make AGOA more effective

Africa in the news: AGOA removals, vaccine update, and COP26-related news

Events

The state of Africa’s free trade agreement and strategies for greater integration

Green trade under the AfCFTA: The role of AU-EU partnership

Accelerating COVID-19 vaccinations in Africa

Op-Eds

Africa must produce its own vaccines

Does West Africa need a single currency?

A golden opportunity to end destructive fishing subsidies

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

What does President Idriss Déby’s death mean for Chad?

US policy toward Africa, with Landry Signé

How Africa can emerge stronger after COVID-19

More on Africa Growth Initiative

Accelerating Africa’s green economy transition

Figure of the week: Education participation rates in Africa increase, with some caveats

Key strategies to accelerate Africa’s post-COVID recovery