Global Economy

Election workers start the counting of ballots during the second round of Guinea Bissau's presidential election in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau December 29, 2019. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

Support for governance in Africa will level the playing field for US commercial engagement with the region

Witney Schneidman

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of Angola’s former President and Africa's richest woman, sits for a portrait during a Reuters interview in London, Britain, January 9, 2020. Picture taken on January 9. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

Angola and the money laundering paradox

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, Britain January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Africa in the news: UK-Africa Investment Summit, Turkey’s increased engagement, and Angola fraud scandal

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, January 25, 2020

Moldovan cargo ship, "Prosperity", is docked at the port of Algeciras, Spain May 31, 2018. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

How has global trade policy shifted over the past 3 years?

Simon J. Evenett and Johannes Fritz

Thursday, January 23, 2020

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

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

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Fatou Kine works on a customer's order on a sewing machine purchased with money from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in her shop in Guediawaye, Senegal April 16, 2018. Picture taken April 16, 2018. To match Feature EUROPE-MIGRANTS/AFRICA REUTERS/Mikal McAllister

Closing the gender gap in African labor markets is good economics

Andinet Woldemichael

Thursday, January 23, 2020

A sign is pictured at the Congress Center ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Stakeholder capitalism arrives at Davos

Addisu Lashitew

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron (3-R), flanked by Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (2-L), Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore (R), Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou (2-R), Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani (L) and Chad's President Idriss Deby (3-R), speaks during a press conference as part of the G5 Sahel summit on the situation in the Sahel region at the Chateau de Pau in Pau, France, January 13, 2020. Photo by Quentin Top/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Africa in the news: WAEMU’s eco implementation, Sahel security update, and Foresight Africa launch

Saturday, January 18, 2020

Security officers keep watch in front of an AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign at the annual Huawei Connect event in Shanghai, China September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC1ADFE7A400

Whoever leads in artificial intelligence in 2030 will rule the world until 2100

Friday, January 17, 2020

Algerian protesters during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers on December 10, 2019, ahead of the presidential vote scheduled for December 12. Algeria's contentious presidential election campaign is highlighting the vast gap between youth at the heart of a reformist protest movement and an ageing elite they see as clinging to power. The poll will see five candidates, all linked to ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, compete for the top office. But protesters, whose mass mobilisation forced the ex-strongman to resign from his two-decade tenure in April, have rallied weekly to say sweeping reforms must come ahead of any vote. Photo by Louiza Ammi/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use France Digital. No Use France Print.

Reforming Arab economies in times of distrust

Friday, January 17, 2020