West Africa

A fruit seller is seen in a market amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Adjame a neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon.

Report

The informal sector in francophone Africa: The other side of weak structural transformation

Nancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Container ships wait to load and offload goods in port in Cape Town, South Africa.

Global Economy

Africa’s roadmap for long-term economic growth

Landry Signé and David Dollar

Monday, June 29, 2020

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA- Community leaders closed Sophumelela High School, sending all students home after 4 teachers tested positive for COVID-19 and one of them died in Cape Town, South Africa on June 18 2020. Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize admitted that, according to the World Health Organization, South Africa did not qualify to go to level 3 reopening, thus increasing the number of Covid-19 infected in the country, with 83,890 positive cases. (NO RESALE)

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: COVID-19, debt relief, and political updates

Payce Madden and Mary Treacy

Saturday, June 20, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza talks to the media after casting his ballot at a voting station during the presidential, legislative and communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ngozi, Burundi May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Clovis Guy Siboniyo/File Photo

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: African economic growth, Nigeria, and Burundi updates

Christina Golubski and Mary Treacy

Saturday, June 13, 2020

Reports

Sons of Onyeka Oguaghamba, one of the Nigerian men arrested on charges of public display of affection with members of the same sex, walk to school in Lagos, Nigeria, February 11, 2020. Oguaghamba says he was sleeping outside the hotel in car at the time of the raid and was caught up in the arrests. While he was in police detention, Oguaghamba said, his four boys were told their father had been on television. "I felt so bad, although they didn't understand what gay means," he said. "They asked me - why police arrested me and they were showing me on television. I explained to them that the police can arrest anybody at any time." REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja SEARCH "NIGERIA LGBT" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Terrorism & Extremism

Education and Boko Haram in Nigeria

Madiha Afzal

April 2020

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

Report

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

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Tuesday, October 8, 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

Report

Understanding China’s Belt and Road infrastructure projects in Africa

David Dollar

September 2019

Tourists sit at the Mara Serena Safari Lodge, within the Masai Mara game reserve, southwest of Nairobi, Kenya, July 28, 2009. Picture taken July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC1A8B82F4A0

Developing Economies

Africa’s tourism potential

Landry Signé

Monday, December 3, 2018

Report

Gender-sensitive pedagogy

Hawah Nabbuye

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Blog Posts

A girl holds her chalkboard as she arrives to attend lessons at the evening school in Ouakam neighbourhood, Dakar, Senegal January 16, 2019. Picture taken January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Education Plus Development

Ensuring learning continuity for every African child in the time of COVID-19

Adedeji Adeniran

Thursday, June 4, 2020

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA- Cleaning workers perform disinfection tasks in schools in Durban, South Africa on May 29, 2020. The South African government announced the reopening of the schools on June 1 after being closed for 3 months due to the pandemic of the coronavirus. (NO RESALE)

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: COVID-19, DRC, and African Development Bank updates

Chris Heitzig

Saturday, May 30, 2020

Members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) lift empty ballot boxes at a voting station during the Presidential, Legislative and Communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Gitega, Burundi May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Burundi, Benin, South Sudan, and COVID-19 updates

Christina Golubski

Saturday, May 23, 2020

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Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Landry Signé

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

LandrySigne

David Dollar

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, John L. Thornton China Center

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Multimedia

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the Prime Minister office after a meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia February 18, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS

Podcast Episode

What will Pompeo’s trip mean for US policy toward Africa?

Witney Schneidman and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Eritrean refugees participate in a demonstration in support of a U.N. human rights report accusing Eritrean leaders of crimes against humanity in front of the Africa Union headquarters in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, June 23, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Order from Chaos

Highlights: Experts discuss human rights trends across Africa

Adam Twardowski

Thursday, January 2, 2020

The entrance of the Africa CEO Forum, a two-day business conference, is seen in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

Podcast Episode

How to boost the economies of Africa

Landry Signé and Jonathan Tepperman

Foreign Policy

Monday, November 4, 2019

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Reports

CANCELED — Webinar: Jihadism at a crossroads

The state of human rights in Africa

Jihadism in Africa

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, John L. Thornton China Center