Sub-Saharan Africa

Muse Bihi Abdi, of Somaliland and Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DP World, attend the signing ceremony of expansion project of Berbera port in Hargeysa, in northern Somalia's semi-autonomous Somaliland region, October 11, 2018. Picture taken October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC1DA84468C0

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: DRC Inga dam agreement and Somaliland port expansion

Dhruv Gandhi

Saturday, October 20, 2018

Pupils play during breaktime at the Senator Obama primary school in the village of Nyang'oma Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, July 16, 2015. U.S. President Barack Obama visits Kenya and Ethiopia later this month. His ancestral home of Kogelo is home to Sarah Hussein Obama, his step-grandmother. The Kenyan village, burial place of Obama's father, features an open-pit goldmine, a pork butcher's, a school named after their most famous son and outdoor market stalls. Villagers get around by motorbike taxi or on foot while a donkey-cart transports water. Children, some of them named Obama in honour of the President, walk to and from school together. Picture taken July 16, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas MukoyaPICTURE 17 OF 35 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "KOGELO, KENYA - OBAMA'S ANCESTRAL HOME". SEARCH "ANCESTRAL MUKOYA" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000166803

Future Development

3 insights on child survival

John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen

Thursday, October 18, 2018

President Keïta and Brookings President John R. Allen discussed the nexus between security and development

Africa in focus

A conversation with President Keïta on security and economic development in Mali and the Sahel region

Joshua Miller

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

A man carries harvested maize stems on the Thrive Agric's farm in Jere, Kaduna, Nigeria October 10, 2018. Picture taken October 10, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC19B80171A0

Future Development

Africa: The last frontier for eradicating extreme poverty

Jasmin Baier and Kristofer Hamel

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Reports

A shopkeeper counts out change above her cash box at her shop in Hillcrest, west of Durban, South Africa, January 11, 2016. REUTERS/Rogan Ward - GF20000091197

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mobilization of tax revenues in Africa

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and Dhruv Gandhi

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

FILE PHOTO: A worker gestures in front of steel bars at a Highveld Steel plant, which has a manufacturing agreement with ArcelorMittal steel company, in Middleburg, South Africa June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo - RC1C7C2AB6F0

Developing Economies

The potential of manufacturing and industrialization in Africa

Landry Signé

Thursday, September 20, 2018

An aerial view shows workers at the Alltex export processing zone (EPZ) factory in Athi River, near the Kenyan capital Nairobi, July 31, 2009. Kenya's exports to the United States rose 8 percent to 20.6 billion shillings ($268 million) in 2008, largely due to U.S. legislation to promote African trade, Kenya's trade minister Amos Kimunya said. The U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has granted duty-free access for many sub-Saharan African nations' products since 2000. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E57V1NWZ01

Developing Economies

Meeting Africa’s employment challenge in a changing world

Tilman Altenburg and Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Thursday, September 13, 2018

A labourer walks along a Metro-line construction in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa February 7, 2015. Chinese workers mingle with Ethiopians putting the finishing touches to a city metro line that cuts through Addis Ababa, one of a series of grand state infrastructure projects that Ethiopia hopes will help it mimic Asia's industrial rise.To match Insight ETHIOPIA-ECONOMY/. Picture taken February 7, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION CITYSCAPE) - GM1EB281I6C01

Development Financing

Mobilizing private investment and the Compact with Africa: A preliminary assessment and steps ahead

Rob Floyd, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Jann Lay, Rainer Thiele, and Jing Gu

Monday, August 13, 2018

A currency dealer counts Moroccan dirhams in a photo illustration at a currency exchange in Casablanca, Morocco, June 29, 2017. Picture taken June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal/Illustration - RC138B2B0ED0

Emerging Markets

AGI Markets Monitor: July 2018 update

Amadou Sy and Amy Copley

Friday, July 27, 2018

Blog Posts

Supporters of Congolese political parties attend a joint opposition rally in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo September 29, 2018. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe - RC1B722034F0

Order from Chaos

Ahead of elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, experts explain what’s at stake

Adam Twardowski

Monday, October 15, 2018

A man casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election, in Yaounde, Cameroon October 7, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensem - RC185BF888D0

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: South African finance minister steps down and Cameroon’s elections

Nirav Patel

Saturday, October 13, 2018

A man stands in front of an electronic board displaying market data at the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Nairobi, Kenya April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC164D4FAF40

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Capital inflows in sub-Saharan Africa

Dhruv Gandhi

Friday, October 12, 2018

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Events

2018

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Political change, military transformation, and the path forward for the Democratic Republic of Congo

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Fixing fragility in the Sahel: A conversation with Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

Examining the health of democracy across Africa

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

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Multimedia

U.S. first lady Melania Trump poses for a photo during her visit to Cape Coast.

U.S. Foreign Policy

Could Melania Trump’s visit to Africa repair US-Africa relations?

Landry Signé

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Supporters of Kenya's opposition Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) cheer during a rally to mark Kenya's Madaraka Day, the 53rd anniversary of the country's self rule, at Uhuru Park grounds in Nairobi, Kenya, June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - S1BETHKLCSAA

Order from Chaos

Senator Coons and experts discuss the health of democracy across Africa

Adam Twardowski

Friday, September 28, 2018

Photo: African leaders at Continental Free Trade Agreement signing

Global Trade

How Africa’s historic free trade agreement will change the continent

Witney Schneidman, Landry Signé, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

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Sub-Saharan Africa

Africa in the news: DRC Inga dam agreement and Somaliland port expansion

3 insights on child survival

A conversation with President Keïta on security and economic development in Mali and the Sahel region

Africa: The last frontier for eradicating extreme poverty

Reports

Mobilization of tax revenues in Africa

The potential of manufacturing and industrialization in Africa

Meeting Africa’s employment challenge in a changing world

Mobilizing private investment and the Compact with Africa: A preliminary assessment and steps ahead

AGI Markets Monitor: July 2018 update

Blog Posts

Ahead of elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, experts explain what’s at stake

Africa in the news: South African finance minister steps down and Cameroon’s elections

Figure of the week: Capital inflows in sub-Saharan Africa

Events

Political change, military transformation, and the path forward for the Democratic Republic of Congo

Fixing fragility in the Sahel: A conversation with Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

Examining the health of democracy across Africa

Related Books

Innovating Development Strategies in Africa: The Role of International, Regional, and National Actors

Africa’s Lions

Made in Africa

Multimedia

Could Melania Trump’s visit to Africa repair US-Africa relations?

Senator Coons and experts discuss the health of democracy across Africa

How Africa’s historic free trade agreement will change the continent

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