Africa Growth Initiative

Kenyan Supreme Court judges attend a hearing of a petition challenging the election result filed by the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition and Human Rights groups at the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Figure of the week: The role of good governance in eradicating poverty and promoting development

Friday, December 17, 2021

Tala app, an online financial micro lending platform is seen on a mobile phone in this photo illustration taken May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/Illustration

Mobile financial services can increase impacts of microfinance organizations—but the story is more complicated than we think

Cecilia Värendh Månsson

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi welcomes International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/ Hereward Holland

Africa in the news: Economic, political, and media freedom updates

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Cape Town, South Africa - April 28, 2020: Prescription medication on a wooden table.

Figure of the week: Africa’s trade in pharmaceuticals

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Entrepreneurs work on their projects at Nailab, a Kenyan firm that supports technology startups, behind the latest initiative, which targets entrepreneurs for their ideas on providing sex education through technology and social media in Nairobi, Kenya, July 4, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

The case for job creation hubs to reduce youth unemployment in Africa

Tejumola Abisoye

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

A hostess stands before the opening of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, (FOCAC) in Dakar, Senegal November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Cooper Inveen

FOCAC 2021: China’s retrenchment from Africa?

Monday, December 6, 2021

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa shakes hands with Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara at the the presidential palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Africa in the news: Ramaphosa visits West Africa, omicron-induced travel ban provokes backlash, and protests in Sudan and Eswatini continue

Saturday, December 4, 2021

A mineworker returns at the end of an underground shift at the Harmony Gold Mine's Doornkop shaft near Johannesburg, South Africa. A mineworker returns at the end of an underground shift at the Harmony Gold Mine's Doornkop shaft near Johannesburg, South Africa August 17, 2005. South Africa's gold mines are back in full production after the end last week of the first industry-wide industrial strike in 18 years, with firms hoping they may be able to make up some lost production. Picture taken August 17, 2005. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Digitalizing Africa’s mines

Friday, December 3, 2021

A worker packs cardboard boxes of cocoa liquor at Choco-Ivoire factory in San Pedro October 2, 2010. A new cocoa grinding factory started operations in Ivory Coast this week, director of export firm SAF Cacao Ali Lakiss told Reuters late on Tuesday, nudging Ivory Coast a step closer to being the world's top grinder. Picture taken October 2, 2010. To match interview COCOA-IVORYCOAST/FACTORY REUTERS/Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST - Tags: BUSINESS)

Industrial policy makes a comeback in Africa

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

A vertical gas flaring furnace is seen in Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria September 16, 2020. Picture taken September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

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

Wednesday, November 24, 2021