Africa Growth Initiative

Research

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

China's President Xi Jinping walks on before his speech during the opening ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing September 3, 2018. Madoka Ikegami/POOL Via REUTERS

Report

Dawn of a second Cold War and the ‘scramble for Africa’

Hippolyte Fofack

Friday, May 13, 2022

Shadows are cast over tomatoes for sale in the central market in Diabaly January 23, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney

Report

Institutions, informality, and conflict in the Sahel: The case for Mali

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye and Nancy Benjamin

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

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Blog Posts

Africa in Focus

Russia’s narratives about its invasion of Ukraine are lingering in Africa

Mary Blankenship and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Monday, June 27, 2022

vibrant coral reef with various species of fish and sea creatures

Africa in Focus

The Great Blue Wall Initiative: At the nexus of climate change, nature conservation, and the blue economy

Nassim Oulmane and Thomas Sberna

Thursday, June 23, 2022

A general view of Johannesburg in this recent file photo

Africa in Focus

Realizing the New Urban Agenda in Africa: The centrality of local politics

Danielle Resnick

June 22, 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 Managing Director - Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University

Distinguished Fellow - Stanford University

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Multimedia

Activists from the social justice centres working group chant during a demonstration asking the government to lower costs of living, especially on food prices, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

Podcast Episode

African Youth Survey reveals sustained optimism and shifting priorities

Ivor Ichikowitz and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Podcast Episode

Pursuing an education “Against All Odds”

Betty Ogiel Rubanga and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

A newly commissioned Nigerian railway is seen Mobolaji Johnson Railway Station in Ebutemeta, Lagos, Nigeria, on June 10, 2021. President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday visited Lagos for the inauguration of the 157-kilometer Lagos-Ibadan standard rail project at the Mobolaji Johnson railway station in Ebutte Metta. The Construction which started in March 2017, and test-running commenced in December 2020. The Ebute Metta Station, known as the Mobolaji Johnson Station, is the largest railway station in West Africa with a holding capacity of 6000 passengers A statement from the precedential aide ''''Femi Adesina''. ''President Buhari is committed to developing a modern national railway network that will connect every part of Nigeria, and promote trade, travel, tourism, commerce and national integration.'' (Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Podcast Episode

Re-approaching Africa’s economic integration agenda

Aloysius Uche Ordu and Julius Kiiza

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

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LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA-NOVEMBER 23, 2017: Trucks at the border crossing between Zambia and Zimbabwe at Livingstone, Zambia

Africa in Focus

7 ways to accelerate implementation of the AfCFTA

Francis Mangeni and Andrew Mold

Monday, June 13, 2022

'Fridays for Future' coordinator Hilda Flavia Nakabuye holds a sign during the global 'School Strike for Climate' in Kampala, Uganda on May 24, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Alice McCool.

Podcast Episode

Young Ugandan climate activists on their work and vision

Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Morris Nyombi, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Fatoumata Jangana, from Gambia, claps holding an American flag during a naturalization ceremony at Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, Roosevelt Island in New York City, U.S., June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Africa in Focus

Diaspora bonds: An innovative source of financing?

Witney Schneidman, Admassu Tadesse, and Abyssinia Lissanu

Friday, May 27, 2022

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Africa Growth Initiative

US Secretary of State Blinken to visit Africa as tension with China and Russia intensifies

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

How do Global South politics of non-alignment and solidarity explain South Africa’s position on Ukraine?

African Growth and Opportunity Act: Program usage, trends, and sectoral highlights

Research

How currency sanctions on Russia could disrupt trade with Africa

Dawn of a second Cold War and the ‘scramble for Africa’

Institutions, informality, and conflict in the Sahel: The case for Mali

Blog Posts

Russia’s narratives about its invasion of Ukraine are lingering in Africa

The Great Blue Wall Initiative: At the nexus of climate change, nature conservation, and the blue economy

Realizing the New Urban Agenda in Africa: The centrality of local politics

Events

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

Climate change: Tackling a global challenge in Africa

African women and girls: Leading a continent

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 Managing Director - Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University

Distinguished Fellow - Stanford University

Multimedia

African Youth Survey reveals sustained optimism and shifting priorities

Pursuing an education “Against All Odds”

Re-approaching Africa’s economic integration agenda

More on Africa Growth Initiative

7 ways to accelerate implementation of the AfCFTA

Young Ugandan climate activists on their work and vision

Diaspora bonds: An innovative source of financing?