Sub-Saharan Africa

A Chinese construction labourer works at the site of the future Iconic Tower skyscraper, at its foundations in the business district, being built by China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC) in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) east of Cairo, Egypt May 2, 2019. Picture taken May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC143E9C90F0

Figure of the week: Foreign direct investment in Africa

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Women pick unwanted coffee beans from the final product just before packaging in Holiso cooperative of Shebedino district in Sidama, Ethiopia November 30, 2018. Picture taken November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie - RC1A79217960

Supporting small informal businesses to improve the quality of jobs in Africa

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Mulugeta Desalegn, an owner of a convenience store, or "spaza shop", picks an item for a customer as he holds a candle, in Senaone, Soweto, South Africa March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC13FB1CC910

Figure of the week: Deployment and use of back-up generators in sub-Saharan Africa

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Residents of Blantyre await the arrival of Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, to the Mauwa Health Centre, in Blantyre, Malawi, October 1, 2019. Dominic Lipinski/Pool via REUTERS - RC16D4836DF0

AGOA 2.0 must embrace Africa’s new common market

Witney Schneidman

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Displaced protestants, who fled Dablo and its surroundings, attend a church service in the city of Kaya, Burkina Faso May 16, 2019. Picture taken May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Anne Mimault - RC19C92E33E0

Closing the opportunity gap in the Sahel

Annette Dixon and Hafez Ghanem

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

A cargo train is launched to operate on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC18EA14A4B0

Understanding China’s Belt and Road infrastructure projects in Africa

September 2019

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the opening of the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - HP1EF9N1LG1ZS

Africa in the news: UNGA, Zimbabwe, and Sudan updates

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Members of a heritage tour group, who are traveling to Ghana to explore their ancestral roots, look at a mobile phone outside the palace of Nana Boakye Yam Ababio II, Chief of Nkwantakese, in Ashanti region, Ghana August 10, 2019. Picture taken August 10, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko - RC1775814300

Figure of the week: Africa’s growing mobile economy

Thursday, September 26, 2019

A construction worker is seen at a distance in a section of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam, as it undergoes construction, during a media tour along the river Nile in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Guba Woreda, in Ethiopia March 31, 2015. According to a government official, the dam has hit the 41 percent completion mark. Picture taken March 31, 2015. REUTER/Tiksa Negeri - GF10000046011

Africa in the news: Disagreement over the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Rwanda-Uganda dispute talks

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Natural resource management in Africa: A conversation with President of Guinea Alpha Condé

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM EDT