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2024: Year in Review

What sorts of reforms under Trump could reshape Africa-U.S. relations for the better?

The World Bank and other IFIs should get serious about climate adaptation in low-income countries

China as a Model Development Partner

Harris or Trump? What the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election portends for America's Africa policy

Can you say SDGs?

Can better urbanization policies unlock faster economic growth and development in Nigeria?

On Nigeria’s bold but rudderless attempts at structural economic reforms

The geopolitics of the war in Sudan

What Kenyan protests tell us about economic management and the politics of reforms in African states

Kenyan Protests, Part Three: Thoughts on potential pathways forward

Kenyan Protests, Part Two: How not to clean up a fiscal mess

Kenyan Protests, Part One: The political education of President William Ruto

Why exactly are major international firms leaving the Nigerian market?

The potent powerlessness of Leftist politics in African states

Two unsolicited ideas on how to invest some of Melinda French Gates’ $12.5 billion

Making lasting peace in the Sahel

On the ongoing cocoa boom and what it tells us about the current state (and future) of African agriculture

(Energy) poverty is very bad for humans and the environment

Gulf Cash & Influence in African States

Policymaking for economic transformation in African states: what ought to be done

Academic research and policy research are two different things

The case for keeping Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger within ECOWAS

What next for Equatorial Guinea after oil?

Is there an "Africa penalty" in sovereign ratings by credit agencies?

Civil War in Sudan

Recognizing Somaliland

Africa in 2024