Amadou Sy
Brookings
United States
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Africa Growth Initiative Markets Monitor: May 2016 update
Amadou Sy and Amy Copley present the Africa Growth Initiative Markets Monitor, which aims to provide up-to-date financial market and foreign exchange analysis for Africa watchers with diverse economic, business, and financial interests in the continent. → Read More
Africa in the news: Zimbabwe will print USD equivalent, IMF Africa report calls for ‘policy reset,’ and Africans reflect on media freedom
Amy Copley recaps this week's top news stories, including Zimbabwe's announcement that it will print its own version of the U.S. dollar; the latest IMF growth prospects for Africa; and World Press Freedom Day. → Read More
African Lions: Nigeria’s jobless growth
Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest economy and most populous country, has recorded high growth in recent years. Christina Golubski shares highlights from a recent paper on the relationship between growth and employment in the country. → Read More
WATCH: South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on the country’s challenges, potential, and resilience
During a recent Brookings event, moderated by Africa Growth Initiative Director Amadou Sy, South African minister of finance, the Honorable Pravin Gordhan spoke about the country's challenges, potential, and resilience in light of its decelerating regional growth. → Read More
Africa in the news: Buhari to sign 2016 budget, malaria incidence in Africa down, and Machar returns to South Sudan
In this week's news roundup, Christina Golubski shares the top stories, including Nigerian President Buhari's signing of the 2016 budget, World Malaria Day and Africa's progress, and Riek Machar's return to South Sudan. → Read More
China’s pains over Zimbabwe’s indigenization plan
With Zimbabwe clamping down on the enforcement of its controversial indigenization law, Yun Sun discusses how this law could impact China, the country's largest source of foreign investment. → Read More
African Lions: Unpacking labor trends and growth in Mozambique
Mozambique, over the last two decades, has experienced explosive growth, with an average GDP growth rate of almost 8 percent between 1997-2015. Christina Golubski shares highlights from a recent paper on macro and microeconomic developments in the country. → Read More
How much of sub-Saharan Africa’s growth slowdown is being driven by external factors?
Sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP growth forecasts are down. Amadou Sy and Ernesto Talvi explain that the downturn reflects the impact of more difficult external economic factors on African economies, including the effects of a sharp drop in commodity prices, the slowdown in China, and tighter financial conditions. → Read More
Growth forecasts for Africa largely cut, Djibouti, Chad, Comoros, and Sudan vote, and UNICEF highlights Boko Haram atrocities
In this week's news round up, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund cut growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa; Djibouti, Chad, Comoros, and Sudan vote; and the UNICEF highlights Boko Haram atrocities. → Read More
Africa, TPP, and TTIP: Integration or isolation?
The number of regional trade agreements has increased from 70 in 1990 to more than 270 today. In a new blog, Witney Schneidman argues that in certain respects, Africa is well positioned in this new era regional trade relations. → Read More
Commodities, industry, and the African Growth Miracle
In 2015, after more than two decades of sustained economic expansion, sub-Saharan Africa experienced its weakest growth performance since 2009. John Page offers some new thinking on how Africa can industrialize. → Read More
A new deal or a new global partnership for conflict-affected states?
The number of armed conflicts worldwide has tripled from four to 11 since 2007. In a new blog, Oscar Fernandez Taranco explains that a political, prioritized strategy for peacebuilding and statebuilding is necessary to support full implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in conflict-affected states. → Read More
Benin's landmark elections: An experiment in political transitions
Vera Songwe explains that Benin’s recent elections—and use of a number of electoral innovations—are challenging the status quo and could have important implications for the rest of the continent in the future. → Read More
Four questions on the state of the West African Economic and Monetary Union and implications for other regional economic communities
Amadou Sy and Mariama Sow answer four questions on the state of the West African Economic and Monetary Union and its implications for regional economic integration among African countries. → Read More
The case for gender-sensitive policies in sub-Saharan Africa
Reflecting on International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8 every year, Eyerusalem Siba responds to two relevant questions: why do we celebrate women, and is there any reasoning behind male preference? → Read More
Re-evaluating the Boko Haram conflict
Jideofor Adibe argues that the continued resilience of Boko Haram under Nigeria's Buhari government calls for a second look and re-evaluation of some of the earlier rumors and notions about the sect. → Read More
Africa in the News: South Africa releases 2016 budget, Ban Ki-moon visits Central Africa, and an elections update
Mariama Sow recaps this week's top stories, including South Africa's 2016 budget; United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's visit to Central Africa; and the latest of continent's recent elections. → Read More
South Africa’s 2016 budget: Will Gordhan’s gradual approach deliver?
In South Africa, economic growth has been weak since 2010, and unemployment and inequality remain stubbornly high. In his latest blog, Amadou Sy examines whether the country's 2016 budget is the right approach to reigniting growth. → Read More
Small middle-income countries in Africa need to rethink their growth strategy
Min Zhu explains that Africa's small middle-income countries must address five key challenges to combat the region's growth slowdown and avoid the "middle-income trap." → Read More
Spotlight issues for the Ugandan election
On Thursday, February 18, Ugandans will head to the polls to decide the next president. Corti Paul Lakuma previews the top issues facing whoever wins the election. → Read More