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Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for the Continent in 2014

January 2014

In a series of briefs, Brookings Africa Growth Initiative experts and colleagues identify what they consider to be the key issues for Africa in 2014. Read More ›

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Capital Markets in Africa and the Impact of Tapering

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Dealing with Piracy in Africa in 2014

December 24, 2013, Jessica Pugliese

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Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Director, Africa Growth Initiative

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Africa in Focus

A new blog on African politics, economics, and current affairs from the continent and beyond by scholars and think tank partners of the Africa Growth Initiative.

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Africa Growth Initiative

Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for the Continent in 2014

Capital Markets in Africa and the Impact of Tapering

Dealing with Piracy in Africa in 2014

Most Recent

Foresight Africa: Join the Conversation on the Top Priorities for Africa in 2014

How to Create Economic Opportunities and Jobs for Youth in 2014

Africa in the News: Tensions Boil in South Sudan, Fresh Fighting in the CAR, and the ICC Prosecutor Seeks to Adjourn the Kenyatta Trial

The Bandits of Madagascar

Trouble in South Sudan

Africa in the News: M23 Signs Peace Treaty, Former Nigerian President Condemns Goodluck Jonathan, and the World Mourns Nelson Mandela

The Imperative of Boosting Africa’s Oil Refinery Investments

Hamba Kahle Madiba: Remembering Nelson Mandela

The Mandela Rule—A Legacy to African Leaders

Africa in the News: The World Remembers Nelson Mandela

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