Sub-Saharan Africa

A member of the Batho Pele cooperative of artisanal miners sifts through sand and rocks searching for diamonds in Kimberley, South Africa, October 22, 2019. Picture taken October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham - RC2V8D9IT4DR

Income growth seems to be associated with a more rapid employment transition in Africa, unless you are a mineral exporter

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Workers handle cashew nuts at a processing plant in Bouake February 23, 2012. REUTERS/ Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST - Tags: SOCIETY) - GM1E82O02D001

Job creation for youth in Africa: Assessing the employment intensity of industries without smokestacks

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Dhruv Gandhi, and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Monday, December 16, 2019

Signs showing arrival and departure directions are seen on a drive-way into the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1EAB8A57B0

Africa in the news: Nigeria’s visa on arrival, Ethiopia’s agreements with IMF, World Bank, and aviation update

Saturday, December 14, 2019

A money changer counts local currency notes at a local bureau where $100 US dollar exchanges for 750,000 Somaliland shillings in Hargeysa May 19, 2015 REUTERS/Feisal Omar - GF10000100128

Show me the money: How do we finance social protection for the future of work in Africa?

Zainab Usman, Indhira Santos, and Jan Loeprick

Thursday, December 12, 2019

President Hage Geingob of Namibia addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - HT1EC9L17ZA2K

Africa in the news: Namibia, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, and Nigeria updates

Saturday, December 7, 2019

Ethiopian legislators raise their hands as they vote inside the House of Peoples' Representatives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC16FD4F3230

Ethiopia’s newly unified ruling party pivots to a liberal political economy

Addisu Lashitew

Friday, December 6, 2019

Women apply salt to dried fish at an artisanal fish processing facility in the Senegalese coastal town of Joal-Fadiouth, April 10, 2018. Picture taken April 10, 2018. To match Special Report OCEANS-TIDE/SARDINELLA REUTERS/Sylvain Cherkaoui - RC1E49820D10

Figure of the week: Gender equality in employment in Africa

Thursday, December 5, 2019

A camel casts a shadow next to its herder at a watering hole outside the town of Aleg, Mauritania, May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney (MAURITANIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) - GM1E85Q0MGN01

Climate change in the Sahel: How can cash transfers help protect the poor?

Christian Bodewig

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Voters wait in a queue to cast their vote during the Sidama autonomy referendum in Hawassa, Ethiopia November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC2UED9FRFXH

Africa in the news: Aviation update, Ethiopia update, and Ghana oil discovery

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Labourers load a three-wheeled vehicle onto the back of a van at the Mercato market in Addis Ababa October 9, 2015. Addis Ababa's 'Mercato' - Italian for 'market' - is reputedly the biggest open-air market in Africa, lying in the west of the capital. Supermarkets have sprouted across the city as the metropolis has expanded with Ethiopia's booming economy, but Mercato remains a popular destination for shoppers seeking clothing, electronics and a huge range of other items. It has been around for as long as the city, which was founded at the end of the 19th century, but it took its current form, and its name, from the Italians who invaded Ethiopia in 1935. The Italian occupation ended in 1941. Picture taken October 9, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - GF10000267957

Figure of the week: Africa visa openness

Wednesday, November 20, 2019