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Sub-Saharan Africa

Content related to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa including Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and more.

Past Events

Africa's Free Trade Economy

March 26, 2021

PAST EVENT

Council President's Club and leadership members are invited to engage in a private dialogue with Africa’s first Secretary-General of the AfCFTA, H.E. Wamkele Mene, on the landmark trade agreement and its global impact.

Parked trucks wait in 10km queue to cross the Kenyan-Ugandan border from the town of Busia

Reuters

Agnes Binagwaho on Reimagining Global Health Equity in Rwanda

October 3, 2019

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Women, Equity, and Global Development Forum

Agnes Binagwaho, Vice Chancellor at the University of Global Health Equity, joined the Council to share the lessons that can be learned from Rwanda to inform global health equity.

François Terrier

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Commentary & Analysis

March 19, 2021

Disasters Increase, Faux Financing, & a Fever Pact

BLOG

Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.

Defika Hendri

Food and Agriculture

March 9, 2021

The Gendered Impacts of Integrated Pest Management in Ethiopia and Beyond

BLOG

Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Integrated pest management benefits the environment, farmers' productivity, and time-strapped women around the world.

Desalegne Tadesse

Food and Agriculture

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Research

January 31, 2020

Considering a Soil Initiative for Africa

RESEARCH

Policy Brief by David Nielson

This paper diagnoses the challenges faced by governments, international organizations and research institutions in mitigating and reversing the decline of soil quality in Africa.

Workers unload a truck of harvested cassava roots.

Food and Agriculture

May 21, 2019

Addressing China's Rising Influence in Africa

RESEARCH

Policy Brief by Michael Tiboris

China’s growing contributions to African development should not automatically be feared, but their increased presence should create a recalibration in US approaches to development.