West Africa

The sun sets over the Okavango Delta, Botswana, April 25, 2018. Picture taken April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Podcast Episode

The world must deliver more climate finance for Africa

Bogolo J. Kenewendo and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Residents walk along an alleyway with an open sewer at the Mukuru slum in Nairobi, Kenya July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Podcast Episode

Learning from the people of Nairobi’s Mukuru slum

Angela R. Pashayan and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

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

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How Sierra Leone is getting more girls into STEM

The Hon. Minister David Sengeh and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Nigeria's President-elect Bola Tinubu sits at the International Centre waiting to receive his certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on March 1, 2023. (Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Podcast Episode

Was Nigeria’s presidential election fair?

Kasirim Nwuke and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Reports

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Delivering Africa’s great green transformation

Vera Songwe and Jean-Paul Adam

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Report

Foresight Africa 2023

Friday, January 27, 2023

Essay

Africa’s Cities: Realizing the new urban agenda

Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu and Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o

Friday, January 27, 2023

Report

Employment creation potential of industries without smokestacks (IWOSS): A Nigeria case study

Mma Amara Ekeruche, Oludele Folarin, Uchenna Efobi, Kashema Bahago, and Chukwuka Onyekwena

Friday, December 2, 2022

Report

The value of communication for mental health

Francis Annan and Belinda Archibong

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Blog Posts

Africa in Focus

Self-organizing Nigeria: The antifragile state

Andrew S. Nevin, Uma Kymal, Peter Nigel Cameron, and Rufai Oseni

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Ajegunle City, Lagos State Nigeria March 22, 2018: Busy Streets bustling with commercial activity

Africa in Focus

Nigeria in 2023: Bridging the productivity gap and building economic resilience

Wilson Erumebor

Monday, February 6, 2023

Future Development

Will rising insecurity erase West Africa’s economic development gains?

Mounir Siaplay and Eric Werker

Friday, February 3, 2023

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Nigeria’s elections and their security, economic, and crime implications

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Conservation and security: New challenges, new opportunities, and the US-Africa Leaders Summit

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

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

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Experts

Gracelin Baskaran

Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Danielle Resnick

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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Africa’s global opportunity in rare earth elements

Gracelin Baskaran and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Branded T-shirts, baseball caps and notebooks with images of Nigerian presidential candidates are displayed at a shopping center in Abuja, Nigeria February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Abraham Achirga

Podcast Episode

A successful election in Nigeria would send a powerful message

Joseph Siegle and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture and Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Senegalese President Macky Sall participate in the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Closing Session on Promoting Food Security and Food Systems Resilience at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC on Dec. 15, 2022. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)No Use *** World Rights ***.

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Did the US-Africa Leaders Summit meet its objectives?

Aloysius Uche Ordu and David Dollar

Monday, December 19, 2022

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West Africa

The world must deliver more climate finance for Africa

Learning from the people of Nairobi’s Mukuru slum

How Sierra Leone is getting more girls into STEM

Was Nigeria’s presidential election fair?

Reports

Delivering Africa’s great green transformation

Foresight Africa 2023

Africa’s Cities: Realizing the new urban agenda

Employment creation potential of industries without smokestacks (IWOSS): A Nigeria case study

The value of communication for mental health

Blog Posts

Self-organizing Nigeria: The antifragile state

Nigeria in 2023: Bridging the productivity gap and building economic resilience

Will rising insecurity erase West Africa’s economic development gains?

Events

Nigeria’s elections and their security, economic, and crime implications

Foresight Africa

Conservation and security: New challenges, new opportunities, and the US-Africa Leaders Summit

Related Books

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

Experts

Gracelin Baskaran

Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Danielle Resnick

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Director - Africa Growth Initiative

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Multimedia

Africa’s global opportunity in rare earth elements

A successful election in Nigeria would send a powerful message

Did the US-Africa Leaders Summit meet its objectives?

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