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Didier Acouetey

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Africa Center

Africa Economy & Business

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Aubrey Hruby

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Africa Center

Economy & Business Future of Work

Millennium Leadership Fellow

Emmanuel Matambo

Senior Researcher, University of Johannesburg

Millennium Leadership Program

Africa China

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Constance Berry Newman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Africa Center

Civil Society Democratic Transitions

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Issue Brief by Nicole Goldin

Nov 23, 2021

Generational dynamics of economic crisis and recovery: Prospects for younger and older persons

Issue Brief by Nicole Goldin

Economic shocks affect young and older age groups disproportionately and highlight the insecurity of the youth labor market and volatility of older people’s savings. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated youth labor market challenges and caused young people to either lose jobs or work fewer hours.

Coronavirus Digital Policy

Blog Post by Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou

Nov 12, 2021

Labor force participation rates in G20 in five charts

Blog Post by Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou

Labor force participation rates, down since COVID, were already declining in several G20 countries. Will labor market challenges be part of the next G20 meetings’ agenda?

East Asia Economy & Business

AfricaSource by Hippolyte Fofack

Oct 28, 2021

G20 leaders can rescue low-income countries by redistributing their IMF windfall

AfricaSource by Hippolyte Fofack

If the G20 enhances the impact of IMF Special Drawing Rights by sending them on to low-income countries, it could add up to a synchronized global recovery.

Africa Coronavirus

New Atlanticist by Katherine Walla

Oct 18, 2021

Africa’s cultural revolution is here. Meet some of its movers and shakers.

New Atlanticist by Katherine Walla

The Atlantic Council brought together Africa’s brightest cultural minds—and the policymakers who’ve helped make their achievements possible—to understand Africa's cultural revolution and rising soft power.

Africa General Africa

Blog Post by Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou

Sep 27, 2021

Inclusive growth needs financial inclusion. Can Central Bank Digital Currency help?

Blog Post by Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou

1.7 billion adults remained unbanked as per the 2017 wave of Findex dataset, with large disparities in financial inclusion still existing across countries, gender, income, education, and rural-urban lines. CBDCs have the potential to enhance financial inclusion and reduce these disparities.

Digital Currencies Economy & Business

New Atlanticist by Katherine Walla

Sep 10, 2021

Gregory Meeks: For counterterrorism and economic opportunity, turn toward Africa

New Atlanticist by Katherine Walla

After the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, it has become clear that “terrorism now is global, and we’ve got to work in a multilateral way to combat and fight that,” said US Representative Gregory Meeks.

Afghanistan Africa

New Atlanticist by Katherine Walla

Jul 14, 2021

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on how the WTO can tackle vaccine scarcity and global recovery

New Atlanticist by Katherine Walla

The unequal global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is fragile, warned World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and “there’s one thing behind that all: The issue of vaccine equity.”

Africa Coronavirus

Investing in Africa's Future Conference by Atlantic Council

Oct 16, 2020

Transcript: Investing in Africa’s future, a conversation with African presidents

Investing in Africa's Future Conference by Atlantic Council

Immediate recovery and sustained growth in Africa after the pandemic rely in part on increased cooperation between US and African development finance institutions and a concomitant boost in two-way trade and investment. African leaders share their insights about their work with the US International Development Finance Corporation and how it will impact their countries.

Africa Economy & Business

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Mar 10, 2020

Bello in WATHI: Femmes du Sahel, femmes d’Afrique, femmes Atlas

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Africa Economy & Business

Event Recap by Africa Center

Sep 18, 2019

Côte d’Ivoire’s first lady objects to proposed US ban on Ivorian cocoa

Event Recap by Africa Center

On Wednesday, September 18, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted H.E. Dominique Ouattara, first lady of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, for a private discussion on Ivorian efforts to eradicate child trafficking, exploitation, and labor from the cocoa supply chain. Côte d’Ivoire is the world’s largest cocoa producer, with an annual production output of approximately […]

Africa Economy & Business
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