Africa Growth Initiative

A man looks at a billboard with the image of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 11, 2019. The billboard reads "Our Justice motto should be love, respect and anchor of morality for all human beings." REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC1FE40221D0

Africa in the news: Abiy’s Nobel Prize, Rwanda’s new smartphone factory, and Zimbabwe’s rate hikes on power

Dhruv Gandhi

Thursday, October 10, 2019

A Chinese construction labourer works at the site of the future Iconic Tower skyscraper, at its foundations in the business district, being built by China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC) in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) east of Cairo, Egypt May 2, 2019. Picture taken May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC143E9C90F0

Figure of the week: Foreign direct investment in Africa

Payce Madden

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Women pick unwanted coffee beans from the final product just before packaging in Holiso cooperative of Shebedino district in Sidama, Ethiopia November 30, 2018. Picture taken November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie - RC1A79217960

Supporting small informal businesses to improve the quality of jobs in Africa

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

The future of work in Africa: Opportunities and challenges of digital technologies

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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari meets with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, South Africa, October 3, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC1F3B4D3E60

Africa in the news: South Africa-Nigeria relations, U.S. embassy in Somalia, and UNECA, AU recommend tax reforms

Payce Madden

Saturday, October 5, 2019

A conversation with Guinean President Condé on natural resource management in Africa

Christina Golubski

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Mulugeta Desalegn, an owner of a convenience store, or "spaza shop", picks an item for a customer as he holds a candle, in Senaone, Soweto, South Africa March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC13FB1CC910

Figure of the week: Deployment and use of back-up generators in sub-Saharan Africa

Dhruv Gandhi

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

A car, loaded with household wares, drives up a bridge at the Orile-Iganmu district of Lagos August 29, 2013. With between 15 million and 21 million people - the upper estimate is the official one, though no one really knows - and generating a third of GDP for Africa's second biggest economy, Lagos has become almost as alluring to yield-hungry investors as it is to the 4,000 or so economic migrants who turn up each day. But it faces a daily challenge just trying to keep up with the pace of population growth, much of it on the edge of water. Nigeria, already pushing 170 million people, will be home to 400 million by 2050, making it the world's fourth most populous country, according to the global Population Reference Bureau (PRB). Lagos will have roughly doubled in size by then, Fashola and demographers agree. Picture taken August 29, 2013. To match Insight LAGOS-MEGACITY/ REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E9AN0J6401

Benin’s informal trading with Nigeria

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Residents of Blantyre await the arrival of Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, to the Mauwa Health Centre, in Blantyre, Malawi, October 1, 2019. Dominic Lipinski/Pool via REUTERS - RC16D4836DF0

AGOA 2.0 must embrace Africa’s new common market

Witney Schneidman

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

[On the trade dispute between Nigeria and Benin] "Benin is basically importing for Nigeria- protectionism is difficult to implement in a globalized world, because people find ways around it."

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye Bloomberg Septmeber 25, 2019