West Africa

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A customs officer redirects a truck at the Yopougon checkpoint in Abidjan June 2, 2008. Ivory Coast authorities recently launched a campaign to crack down on racketeering on the roads and improve traffic. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST)

Africa in Focus

The AfCFTA Country Business Index: Understanding private sector involvement in the AfCFTA

Stephen Karingi and Wafa Aidi

Thursday, August 11, 2022

primary school student in Sierra Leone classroom

Education Plus Development

Radical inclusion means teaching children in a language they understand 

Chernor Bah

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Africa in Focus

Russia’s narratives about its invasion of Ukraine are lingering in Africa

Mary Blankenship and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Monday, June 27, 2022

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Events

Related Books

Formal and Informal Enterprises in Francophone Africa: Moving Toward a Vibrant Private Sector

Edited by Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Stephen S. Golub, and Fatou Gueye

2020

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Experts

Belinda Archibong

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Aloysius Uche Ordu

Director - Africa Growth Initiative

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Vanda Felbab-Brown

Director - Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors

Co-Director - Africa Security Initiative

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

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Multimedia

Faridat Bakare, 12, a student enrolled in a special STEM programme for children from poor families at the Knosk Secondary School, for which she pays 100 naira ($ 0.25) per day, attend a computer class alongside other students in the area of Kuje, in Abuja, Nigeria February 18, 2022. Picture taken February 18, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Podcast Episode

Making the future of African STEM female

Ayotola Aremu, Adefunke Ekine, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Activists from the social justice centres working group chant during a demonstration asking the government to lower costs of living, especially on food prices, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

Podcast Episode

African Youth Survey reveals sustained optimism and shifting priorities

Ivor Ichikowitz and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

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Pursuing an education “Against All Odds”

Betty Ogiel Rubanga and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

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More on West Africa

Ibrahima Soumare, 47, a supporter of Senegal's main opposition coalition Yewwi Askan Wi holds signs glued on pot lids during a protest over the disqualification of their national list for the July 31 legislative election in Dakar, Senegal, June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Senegal’s democratic backsliding is a threat to African democracy

Danielle Resnick

Friday, July 29, 2022

Are Africa’s children our last hope to save us from demographic decline?

Wolfgang Fengler

Thursday, June 23, 2022

vibrant coral reef with various species of fish and sea creatures

The Great Blue Wall Initiative: At the nexus of climate change, nature conservation, and the blue economy

Nassim Oulmane and Thomas Sberna

Thursday, June 23, 2022

A newly commissioned Nigerian railway is seen Mobolaji Johnson Railway Station in Ebutemeta, Lagos, Nigeria, on June 10, 2021. President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday visited Lagos for the inauguration of the 157-kilometer Lagos-Ibadan standard rail project at the Mobolaji Johnson railway station in Ebutte Metta. The Construction which started in March 2017, and test-running commenced in December 2020. The Ebute Metta Station, known as the Mobolaji Johnson Station, is the largest railway station in West Africa with a holding capacity of 6000 passengers A statement from the precedential aide ''''Femi Adesina''. ''President Buhari is committed to developing a modern national railway network that will connect every part of Nigeria, and promote trade, travel, tourism, commerce and national integration.'' (Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Re-approaching Africa’s economic integration agenda

Aloysius Uche Ordu and Julius Kiiza

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

FILE PHOTO: A person operates a tap of crude oil during the destruction of Bakana ii illegal camp, in Okrika, Rivers state, Nigeria January 28, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

Corruption in oil revenue in the Niger Delta

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Women from different NGOs hold a rally to mark International Women's Day in Nigeria

Did transatlantic slavery and colonial borders wreck West African women’s movements?

Alice Evans

Friday, June 17, 2022

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Reports

The CFA franc zone: Economic development and the post-COVID recovery

How should the Biden administration approach Africa?

Regional integration in West Africa: Is there a role for a single currency?

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Director - Africa Growth Initiative

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Director - Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors

Co-Director - Africa Security Initiative

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology