Africa Growth Initiative

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Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2018

Thursday, January 11, 2018

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Reassessing Africa’s global partnerships

Wenjie Chen and Roger Nord

Thursday, January 11, 2018

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Harnessing Africa's digital potential

Njuguna Ndung’u

Thursday, January 11, 2018

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Africa in focus

Vote – What do you think should be the top priority for Africa in 2019?

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Supporters of the runner-up in Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election, Martin Fayulu hold a sign before a political rally in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 11, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC1F2DDA27B0

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Strikes in Zimbabwe, DRC election update, and coup attempt in Gabon

Dhruv Gandhi

Saturday, January 12, 2019

Venders play Ludo using iPhone Games, while waiting in a store, at a market in Khartoum, Sudan July 3, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RC1F5A668EE0

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Improvements in business environment

Payce Madden

Friday, January 11, 2019

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Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa in 2019

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Africa’s untapped and expanding business potential

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Fixing fragility in the Sahel: A conversation with Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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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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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

Photo: African leaders at Continental Free Trade Agreement signing

Podcast Episode

How Africa’s historic free trade agreement will change the continent

Witney Schneidman, Landry Signé, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Employees work on the manufacturing line at the United Aryan Export Processing Zone textile factory in Nairobi, Kenya April 13, 2017. Picture taken April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC116416CF10

Africa in focus

Capitalizing on Industry 4.0 in Africa

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

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Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa in 2019

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Experts

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Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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