The African Century
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For Nigeria’s Schools, Safety Must Come First
For Nigeria’s Schools, Safety Must Come First
Gordon Brown writes that the latest mass abduction of students underscores the dilemma facing parents throughout the country. -
The Big Push African Women Need to Escape Poverty
The Big Push African Women Need to Escape Poverty
Rudo Kayombo shows how deploying a wide range of interventions at once can help the poor build sustainable livelihoods. -
Carbon Credits Hold the Key to Combating Deforestation
Carbon Credits Hold the Key to Combating Deforestation
Roselyn Fosuah Adjei explains how nature-based offsets could help reduce emissions and benefit local communities. -
Making Bretton Woods Work for Africa
Making Bretton Woods Work for Africa
Hippolyte Fofack envisions a reformed global financial architecture that provides equal access to long-term patient capital. -
Africa’s Shifting Economic Paradigm
Africa’s Shifting Economic Paradigm
Rabah Arezki urges policymakers to pursue reforms to promote competition and boost domestic consumption. -
The Case for Mission-Driven Climate Finance
The Case for Mission-Driven Climate Finance
Bogolo Kenewendo argues that Africa has the ideas, ambition, and capacity to implement green solutions – just not the funding. -
A Marshall Plan for Africa
A Marshall Plan for Africa
Colin Coleman calls on the G20 to help accelerate economic growth and promote human development on the continent. -
West Africa’s Brexit Moment Could Fuel Regional Turmoil
West Africa’s Brexit Moment Could Fuel Regional Turmoil
Adekeye Adebajo highlights five key challenges facing policymakers as they try to contain the crisis in the Sahel. -
Somalia Has Turned a Corner
Somalia Has Turned a Corner
Mahmoud Mohieldin & Abdulqafar Abdullahi applaud the country's success in implementing difficult reforms, and identify challenges ahead.