Sub-Saharan Africa

A customer uses the AliExpress app on a mobile phone, after Safaricom secured a deal to use its M-Pesa mobile payment service for online shopping on one of Alibaba's platforms, at their offices in Nairobi, Kenya March 12, 2019. REUTERS/George Nganga - RC17EC4C3010

Taxing mobile phone transactions in Africa: Lessons from Kenya

Njuguna Ndung’u

Monday, August 5, 2019

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi poses for a photograph after presenting a gift to Paramount Chief of Cape Coast traditional area, Osabarima Kwesi Atta II, during her visit to a palace used by the Chief after her tour at the Cape Coast Castle which was used as a trading post from where slaves would be taken to America, in Ghana July 30, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC14F026AA40

Africa in the news: Mauritania’s new President Ghazouani, Mozambique’s peace deal, and Pelosi and US delegation’s visit to Ghana

Saturday, August 3, 2019

Fishermen take their lunch in front of fishing boats as container ships cross the Red Sea before entering the Suez Canal, in Ismailia port city, northeast of Cairo, Egypt, Egypt October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC1BDB7685C0

The high growth promise of an integrated Africa

Landry Signé and Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Friday, August 2, 2019

Students eat at a school canteen in N'zikro, Aboisso, Ivory Coast, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon - GF20000035378

Figures of the week: Africa’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A discussion on Nigeria and the resilience of the Chibok girls

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

A Congolese health worker administers ebola vaccine to a child at the Himbi Health Centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 17, 2019. REUTERS/Olivia Acland - RC1FDEE57DA0

Can public works help fight Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

Paul M. Bisca and Paul Bance

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

An internally displaced woman from drought hit area carries a jerrycan of water as she walks towards her shelter at a makeshift settlement area in Dollow, Somalia April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC13A0B69130

Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals: A long way to go

Monday, July 29, 2019

Men walk past electricity pylons as they return from work in Orlando, Soweto township, South Africa March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC1C1FC73920

Africa in the news: South Africa bails out Eskom, Kenya Airways is nationalized, and Kenya and Namibia announce green energy plans

Saturday, July 27, 2019

A girl smiles while playing a game with a friend in the village of Bwejuu on Zanzibar island, Tanzania, December 2, 2007. Picture taken December 2, 2007. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (TANZANIA) - GM1DWSSPAUAA

Improving learning while developing future women leaders in Tanzania

Patrick Hannahan and Barbara Chilangwa

Friday, July 26, 2019

A general view of a food market after Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari called for a lockdown starting tonight to limit the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Lagos, Nigeria March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Boosting United States-Africa trade and investment relations through the African Continental Free Trade Area

Wednesday, July 24, 2019