West Africa

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

Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022

9:00 AM EST - 10:30 AM EST

Online Only

Africa in Focus

Africa’s informal cities need more than green infrastructure to weather the effects of climate change

Louise Fox and Danielle Resnick

Monday, November 14, 2022

Report

The value of communication for mental health

Francis Annan and Belinda Archibong

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

2022

Sep

Past Event

The future of outcomes-based financing: Transforming results for children

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

New York, New York

Reports

A protester waves a flag on an empty road during a protest against a fuel subsidy removal in Lagos January 9, 2012. Thousands of Nigerians took to the streets across Africa's top oil producing nation on Monday, launching an indefinite nationwide strike to protest against the axing of fuel subsidies. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Report

Protest matters: The effects of protests on economic redistribution

Belinda Archibong, Tom Moerenhout, and Evans Osabuohien

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Shells are pictured in the dry bed of the evaporated Lake Faguibine, in Mbouna, northern Mali May 29, 2021. Picture taken May 29, 2021. Birom Seck-ICRC/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Report

Climate change, development, and conflict-fragility nexus in the Sahel

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye and Landry Signé

Friday, March 11, 2022

Report

Foresight Africa 2022

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Report

The impact of COVID-19 on industries without smokestacks in Senegal

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

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Waitress and an African open-air bar with coconuts and beer. Travel and vacation in West Africa. Aqua Safari Resort. Ghana, Volta, Ada - January 14, 2017

Report

Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people: Ghana case study

Ernest Aryeetey, Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, and Festus Ebo Turkson

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Blog Posts

Education Plus Development

Early-grade learning assessments spur Sierra Leone to strengthen foundational literacy and numeracy skills

Suman Sachdeva

Monday, September 26, 2022

CIRCA 2009 Niger, Niamey, Portrait of an african muslim schoolgirl with a blue scarf covering her hair, and holding her hand before her mouth.

Education Plus Development

‘Schooling’ isn’t enough: The urgency of quality education for children forcibly on the move in the Sahel

Halimatou Hima

Friday, September 9, 2022

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

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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

2020

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Experts

Danielle Resnick

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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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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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

The future of podcasting in Africa

Josephine Karianjahi and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

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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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

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Director - Africa Growth Initiative

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development