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Vera Songwe

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Foresight Africa 2021 Chapter 1

Essay

The Great Reset: Relaunching African economies

Acha Leke, Landry Signé, and Vera Songwe

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Regional integration in West Africa: Is there a role for a single currency?

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Map of West Africa

Africa in Focus

Is West Africa ready for a single currency?

Aloysius Uche Ordu, Ali Zafar, and Jan Muench

Friday, July 30, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A nurse demonstrates how to activate a respirator as the hospital prepares for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Karen hospital near Nairobi, Kenya, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo

Africa in Focus

Strategies for financing Africa’s health sector

Thursday, February 3, 2022

World map showing interconnectedness

Report

Essays on a 21st century multilateralism that works for all

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Kemal Derviş, Amar Bhattacharya, Homi Kharas, John W. McArthur, Amrita Narlikar, José Antonio Ocampo, Eswar Prasad, Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Dennis J. Snower, Vera Songwe, and Nathalie Tocci

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Demonstrators protest with placards against the ban of motorcycles and tricyles in Lagos, Nigeria February 8, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: AU summit, Kenyatta meets with Trump, and Lagos bans motorcycles

Christina Golubski

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Illustration of a globe focused on Africa

Interactive

African Leadership Transitions Tracker

Monday, January 4, 2021

Panelists discuss the prospect of another debt crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.

Africa in Focus

A conversation on sub-Saharan Africa’s debt situation

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

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On The Record

Diversifying Africa’s economies

Monday, October 5, 2015

A man works inside a laboratory at Sofitex, Burkina Fasos biggest cotton company, in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso March 9, 2017. Picture taken March 9, 2017. To match Special Report MONSANTO-BURKINA/COTTON REUTERS/Luc Gnago - RC1C1E0B1B00

Africa in Focus

Figure of the week: Patent policies and their effects on African innovation

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Foresight Africa 2020 Chapter 6 banner

Report

A continental strategy for economic diversification through the AfCFTA and intellectual property rights

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), attends a consultative meeting in Accra, Ghana September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

West Africa

Does West Africa need a single currency?

Eswar Prasad and Vera Songwe

Thursday, August 19, 2021

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Africa in Focus

Benin’s landmark elections: An experiment in political transitions

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Economic Community of West African States member countries flags on world map with national borders

Africa in Focus

Monetary meld

Eswar Prasad and Vera Songwe

Wednesday, June 16, 2021