July 12, 2023
Africa: The Future of US-Africa Trade and Investment [Executive Summary]
AGOA gives duty-free access to the US market for eligible countries in sub-Saharan Africa, aiming to promote African economic development alongside market liberalization and… Read more »
June 02, 2023
Africa: Through Carbon Markets, Corporations Have a Role to Play in Africa's Development. They Should Take It Seriously.
Corporations are in a unique position to responsibly engage in the "wild west" that is the carbon-offset market, all while supporting Africa's rising low- and middle-income… Read more »
May 05, 2023
Africa: The EU Global Investment Initiative That Could Close Africa's Infrastructure Gap
The European Commission recently unveiled eighty-seven projects--including everything from rapid bus transit systems to solar plants and data centers--as part of its Global Gateway… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Africa: U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Could Make History - If Leaders Recalibrate Trade Relations
This week, US President Joe Biden is hosting African leaders in Washington from for the second US-Africa Leaders Summit. The first, organized in 2014 under the Obama… Read more »
September 27, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Here's What a Marshall Plan for the DR Congo Could Look Like
In June, the remains of Patrice Lumumba--the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) first prime minister--were repatriated from Belgium to his native land, sixty-one years after… Read more »
July 08, 2022
Africa: Europe's Green Deal Plan is Africa's Green Finance Opportunity
Can natural gas and nuclear power be green? "Sometimes, and for a limited period of time," said the European Parliament on July 6, as part of an ongoing negotiation over the EU… Read more »
July 01, 2022
Africa: Renewing Transatlantic Partnerships with Africa
Renewing transatlantic partnerships with Africa Read more »
June 16, 2022
Africa: Better data is the key to unlocking major investment in Africa
As COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine continue to hurt the African continent, many countries will require significant investment to revitalize their economies. But a persistent… Read more »
Africa: The Ukraine War is Giving Europe a Chance to Reset Ties With Africa
On February 18, leaders of the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) convened in Brussels to announce a "renewed partnership" and a Joint Vision for 2030. Six days later,… Read more »