Africa Growth Initiative

Research

Report

Renewing global climate change action for fragile and developing countries

Landry Signé and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Monday, November 14, 2022

Transit trucks go through an electronic weighbridge at the border crossing point between Kenya and Tanzania in Namanga, Tanzania July 19, 2019. Picture taken July 19, 2019. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

Report

The economic significance of intra-African trade—getting the narrative right

Andrew Mold

Friday, August 12, 2022

Container terminal and city landscape in port of Dar es Salaam on February 21, 2018 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Report

How currency sanctions on Russia could disrupt trade with Africa

Chris Heitzig, Aloysius Uche Ordu, and Leo Holtz

Monday, May 23, 2022

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Blog Posts

Soldiers and tradespeople cross the dried up Jubba River in Dollow, Jubaland, southwest Somalia, on the border with Ethiopia. (Photo by Sally Hayden / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Africa in Focus

Tackling fragility and promoting integration in the Horn of Africa through ‘development diplomacy’

Vijay Pillai and Miguel de Corral

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Africa in Focus

Africa’s informal cities need more than green infrastructure to weather the effects of climate change

Louise Fox and Danielle Resnick

Monday, November 14, 2022

Young African woman working at a computer

Africa in Focus

Africa’s youths can help solve the global tech talent shortage

Cecilia Värendh Månsson

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

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Events

Op-Eds

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Op-Ed

The anatomy of technology regulation

Nicholas Davis, Mark Esposito, and Landry Signé

Thursday, February 17, 2022

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

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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

Professor and Executive Director - Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University

Distinguished Fellow - Stanford University

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

The future of podcasting in Africa

Josephine Karianjahi and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Faridat Bakare, 12, a student enrolled in a special STEM programme for children from poor families at the Knosk Secondary School, for which she pays 100 naira ($ 0.25) per day, attend a computer class alongside other students in the area of Kuje, in Abuja, Nigeria February 18, 2022. Picture taken February 18, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Podcast Episode

Making the future of African STEM female

Ayotola Aremu, Adefunke Ekine, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

A delegate walks at the Kigali Convention Centre, the venue hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana

Podcast Episode

The role of regional economic communities in implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area

Andrew Mold and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

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Africa in Focus

Russian disinformation in Africa: What’s sticking and what’s not

Mary Blankenship and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Monday, October 17, 2022

Fourth industrial revolution on futuristic hud with world map globe. concept of automatization, machinery, robotic technology, industrial revolution and artificial intelligence.

Africa in Focus

Inclusion, inequality, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in Africa

Louise Fox and Landry Signé

Friday, September 23, 2022

Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia - April 24th, 2022 : G20 Symbol on iron fence

External Article

Resolving debt crises in developing countries: How can G-20 countries contribute to operationalizing The Common Framework?

Kathrin Berensmann, Mma Amara Ekeruche, Chris Heitzig, Aloysius Uche Ordu, and Lemma Senbet

Monday, September 12, 2022

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Africa Growth Initiative

Dispatches from Africa’s COP: Kenyan youths on the frontlines of climate adaptation

Why Africa matters to the United States: Top 5 reasons

Breaking silos between think tanks and youth groups for climate change action in Africa

Digital technologies open vast business opportunities in Africa

Research

Renewing global climate change action for fragile and developing countries

The economic significance of intra-African trade—getting the narrative right

How currency sanctions on Russia could disrupt trade with Africa

Blog Posts

Tackling fragility and promoting integration in the Horn of Africa through ‘development diplomacy’

Africa’s informal cities need more than green infrastructure to weather the effects of climate change

Africa’s youths can help solve the global tech talent shortage

Events

Jump-starting Africa’s economic recovery in a post-pandemic world

The CFA franc zone: Economic development and the post-COVID recovery

Emerging technologies and the future of work in Africa

Op-Eds

The anatomy of technology regulation

Africa must produce its own vaccines

Does West Africa need a single currency?

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

Professor and Executive Director - Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University

Distinguished Fellow - Stanford University

Multimedia

The future of podcasting in Africa

Making the future of African STEM female

The role of regional economic communities in implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area

More on Africa Growth Initiative

Russian disinformation in Africa: What’s sticking and what’s not

Inclusion, inequality, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in Africa

Resolving debt crises in developing countries: How can G-20 countries contribute to operationalizing The Common Framework?