West Africa

A health worker takes a dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a vial during the roll out of mass vaccination for the disease in Abuja, Nigeria, November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

What do Pfizer’s 1996 drug trials in Nigeria teach us about vaccine hesitancy?

Belinda Archibong and Francis Annan

Friday, December 3, 2021

A vertical gas flaring furnace is seen in Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria September 16, 2020. Picture taken September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act: Addressing old problems, creating new ones

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

A man grinds grains at a store in Maiduguri, Nigeria October 31, 2021. Picture taken October 31, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

The COVID-19 crisis isn’t over for workers in Nigeria

Jonathan Lain and Tara Vishwanath

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

A staff member of on-line retailer Jumia, pushes a cart loaded with goods at the company's warehouse in Lagos April 10, 2014. There are two main reasons people shop online: it's cheaper or they can't be bothered with a trip to the store. And in Lagos, a city of 21 million people, a trip to the store can kill your entire day if you lose the traffic lottery. Jumia has 100,000 Nigerian customer accounts and sales are increasing by 15 percent a month. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: BUSINESS)

Quantifying the impact on Nigeria of the African Continental Free Trade Area

Yewande Olapade and Chukwuka Onyekwena

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

A man works on bamboo mat in Monrovia, Liberia, October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

Liberia improves in economic opportunity but still tax mobilization, infrastructure, and business environment struggle to see gains

Thursday, September 16, 2021

French soldiers of the "Belleface" Desert Tactical Group (GTD) conduct an area control operation in the Gourma region during the Operation Barkhane in Ndaki, Mali, July 27, 2019. Picture taken July 27, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

20 years after 9/11, jihadi terrorism rises in Africa

Monday, August 30, 2021

Paper currency F CFA (XOF) of the West African monetary union displayed in bills of 10,000 francs laid out in fan isolated on wooden background

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

Thursday, August 5, 2021

Map of West Africa

Is West Africa ready for a single currency?

Aloysius Uche Ordu, Ali Zafar, and Jan Muench

Friday, July 30, 2021

An employee cleans a machine inside the factory of the baobab Fruit Company Senegal in Thies, Senegal June 22, 2018. Picture taken June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mikal McAllister

Reconciling economic growth and youth employment creation in Senegal

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Fatou Gueye, Abdou Khadir Dia, and Massaer Mbaye

Monday, July 26, 2021

Driver of a Golf Club Car drives to the main building of the Aqua Safari Resort. Relax at a luxury beach resort. Modern architecture. Travel and vacation in West Africa. Ghana, Volta, Ada – Jan14,2017

Addressing youth unemployment in Ghana by supporting the agro-processing and tourism sectors

Ernest Aryeetey, Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, and Festus Ebo Turkson

Tuesday, June 29, 2021