Africa Growth Initiative

Workers are seen outside a train on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government in Kimuka, Kenya October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

China and Africa’s debt: Yes to relief, no to blanket forgiveness

Monday, April 20, 2020

A man cycles past a wall mural advocating against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Nairobi, Kenya April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

COVID-19 and debt standstill for Africa: The G-20’s action is an important first step that must be complemented, scaled up, and broadened

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Tidjane Thiam, Donald Kaberuka, Vera Songwe, Strive Masiyiwa, Louise Mushikiwabo, and Trevor Manuel

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Medical staff members work at the yet to be used field hospital build to treat a large number of patients due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Africa in the news: African governments, multilaterals address COVID-19 emergency, debt relief

Dhruv Gandhi and Christina Golubski

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Workers in protective suits repair barriers that have been built to separate residential buildings from a street in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

COVID-19, Africans’ hardships in China, and the future of Africa-China relations

Friday, April 17, 2020

A man carries home groceries during a nationwide 21 day lockdown in an attempt to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Umlazi township near Durban, South Africa, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

Figures of the week: The macroeconomic impact of COVID-19 in Africa

Thursday, April 16, 2020

A crane loads shipping containers on a ship in the port of Mombasa, Kenya, October 23, 2019. Picture taken October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Trade in uncertain times: Prioritizing regional over global value chains to accelerate economic development in East Africa

Andrew Mold and Anthony Mveyange

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

John Nkengasong, Africa's Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), speaks during an interview with Reuters at the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 11, 2020. Picture taken March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

The coming of age of the Africa Centers for Disease Control

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

A police officer is pictured at a road block while the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Abuja, Nigeria April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Africa in the news: COVID-19 impacts African economies and daily lives; clashes in the Sahel

Dhruv Gandhi, Anna Schaeffer, and Payce Madden

Saturday, April 11, 2020

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.- In the photo taken on March 29, 2020, People queued in front of grocery stores across the Western Cape on the first day of the closure due to the Coronavirus outbreak. South Africa announced its first two deaths from coronavirus on Friday as the number of cases in the country exceeded 1,000, at the start of a three-week quarantine.

Africa needs debt relief to fight COVID-19

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Tidjane Thiam, Donald Kaberuka, Vera Songwe, Strive Masiyiwa, Louise Mushikiwabo, and Cristina Duarte

Thursday, April 9, 2020

A man walks past closed shops in a nearly deserted wholesale market during lockdown by the authorities to limit the spread of coronavirus in Lagos, Nigeria, March 27, 2020. Picture taken March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the Nigerian economy

Chukwuka Onyekwena and Mma Amara Ekeruche

Wednesday, April 8, 2020