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The harbor of Freetown, Sierra Leone

Africa in Focus

The view from Freetown, Sierra Leone

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr

Friday, March 11, 2022

A girl holds her chalkboard as she arrives to attend lessons at the evening school in Ouakam neighbourhood, Dakar, Senegal January 16, 2019. Picture taken January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Podcast Episode

How Sierra Leone is getting more girls into STEM

The Hon. Minister David Sengeh and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Mariatu Sesay, 15, smiles as she carries her daughter Nadia while she walks outside her house in the countryside village of Sierra Leone July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Cooper Inveen

Future Development

The power of investing in girls in Sierra Leone

Youssouf Kiendrebeogo and Quentin Wodon

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

student writing on chalk board

Education Plus Development

Early-grade learning assessments spur Sierra Leone to strengthen foundational literacy and numeracy skills

Monday, September 26, 2022

Students share a desk during a mathematics class at the Every Nation Academy private school in the city of Makeni in Sierra Leone, April 20, 2012. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Africa in Focus

International education financing will make or break the SDGs

The Hon. Minister David Sengeh and Mathias Esmann

Friday, May 5, 2023

The future of outcomes-based financing: Transforming results for children

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

New York, New York

students raising hands in classroom

Education Plus Development

Why we must transform our education systems, now

The Hon. Minister David Sengeh and Rebecca Winthrop

Thursday, June 23, 2022

kids

Education Plus Development

A review of outcomes-based financing in 2022 and beyond

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Elyse Painter

Monday, January 9, 2023

Program and reception: Transforming education systems

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT

New York, New York

Branded T-shirts, baseball caps and notebooks with images of Nigerian presidential candidates are displayed at a shopping center in Abuja, Nigeria February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Abraham Achirga

Podcast Episode

A successful election in Nigeria would send a powerful message

Joseph Siegle and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Little girl holding a doll and looking out a window wearing surgical masks.

Up Front

The coming COVID-19 baby bust: Update

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip Levine

Thursday, December 17, 2020

U.S President Joe Biden and leaders pose for a family photo during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Africa in Focus

After the US-Africa Leaders Summit, the US must ensure accountability and strengthen coordination

Aloysius Uche Ordu and Danielle Resnick

Friday, December 23, 2022

primary school student in Sierra Leone classroom

Education Plus Development

Radical inclusion means teaching children in a language they understand 

Wednesday, July 20, 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

Climate change: Tackling a global challenge in Africa

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT