Africa Growth Initiative

Delegates walk in front a poster of prominent attendees of the 1955 Asian-African Conference during a historical walk commemorating the 60-year anniversary of the Asian-African Summit, on Asia Afrika street in Bandung, Indonesia April 24, 2015. Leaders of Asian and African nations are in Jakarta to mark the 60th anniversary of a conference that made a developing-world stand against colonialism and led to the Cold War era's non-aligned movement.

Africa in focus

The Global South and development assistance

Chukwuka Onyekwena and Mma Amara Ekeruche

Monday, September 16, 2019

A mourner holds a poster of Robert Mugabe during the viewing of his body

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: SACU-UK trade agreement, Nigeria’s border closures, and Sudan’s transitional government

Christina Golubski

Saturday, September 14, 2019

Natural resource management in Africa: A conversation with President of Guinea Alpha Condé

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM EDT

A woman hawks merchandise past transit trucks at Mpondwe border that separates Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Mpondwe, Uganda, June 14, 2019. REUTERS/James Akena - RC1ADF153830

Africa in focus

The AfCFTA: The first step of a long marathon

Angelle B. Kwemo

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Research

A customer uses the AliExpress app on a mobile phone, after Safaricom secured a deal to use its M-Pesa mobile payment service for online shopping on one of Alibaba's platforms, at their offices in Nairobi, Kenya March 12, 2019. REUTERS/George Nganga - RC17EC4C3010

Report

Taxing mobile phone transactions in Africa: Lessons from Kenya

Njuguna Ndung’u

Monday, August 5, 2019

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Report

Emerging market capital flows and US monetary policy

John Clark, Nathan Converse, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, and Steven Kamin

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

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

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Blog Posts

Dr. Christelle Azier-Pohoun of BIO-MEDICAL, a center that provides medical visits for people who pass the driver's license, speaks to a patient during a consultation in Abidjan, March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon. - RC1BC64E9F30

Africa in focus

Health in Africa: 5 priorities for the G-7 Biarritz Summit

Monday, August 19, 2019

A customer uses her cell-phone to access the Sidian Bank mobile-app inside the banking hall at the Sidian Bank headquarters on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Taxing mobile transactions in Kenya

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Names of missing Chibok school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgency five years ago are displayed during the 5th year anniversary of their abduction, in Abuja, Nigeria April 14, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC19E45DE390

Africa in focus

Beneath the Tamarind Tree: Nigeria and the resilience of the Chibok Girls

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

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Events

Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A discussion on Nigeria and the resilience of the Chibok girls

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Engaging businesses and enhancing US participation: Priorities for Prosper Africa

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

A conversation with African diaspora business leaders on Prosper Africa

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

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Op-Eds

Fishermen take their lunch in front of fishing boats as container ships cross the Red Sea before entering the Suez Canal, in Ismailia port city, northeast of Cairo, Egypt, Egypt October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC1BDB7685C0

Op-Ed

The high growth promise of an integrated Africa

Landry Signé and Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Friday, August 2, 2019

A tobacco farmer checks his mobile phone at the start of the selling season at Tobacco Sales Floor in Harare, Zimbabwe, March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC15DE969D80

Op-Ed

Making globalization work for Africa

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Thursday, May 30, 2019

White House Advisor Ivanka Trump walks with the President of the women association Bamba Awa, as she meets women entrepreneurs, at the demonstration cocoa farm in Adzope, Ivory Coast April 17, 2019. REUTERS/Luc Gnago - RC1F706B5990

Op-Ed

A Trump visit to Africa is important—and carries some urgency

Friday, April 19, 2019

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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

EsibaSiba

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?

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?

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

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