Jocelyne Sambira

A woman.

Empowering change: Safeguarding women in Sierra Leone

Gender Empowerment youth— A discussion with the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Maada Bio

Ms. Fatima Maada Bio, the First Lady of Sierra Leone.

Fighting gender-based violence and early marriages

Gender Equality— A discussion with the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Maada Bio

Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa. Photo: Africa Renewal/Bo Li

Financing Africa’s development agenda

Sustainable Development Goals

— Carlos Lopes

Amadou Sy, Director of the Africa Growth Institute at the Brookings Institution

Africa has a “window of opportunity” to avoid a new debt trap

Africa Interview

Cables and wires in storage at Reroy Cables. The Ghanaian company augmented its capital with a bank loan secured with the help of the International Finance Corporation, an affiliate of the World Bank. Panos/Nyani Quarmyne

Borrowing responsibly: Africa’s debt challenge

debt sustainable development

Countries may be borrowing too much and too fast

Solar panels being cleaned at the Ain Beni Mathar Integrated Combined Cycle Thermo-Solar Power Plant in Morocco. World Bank/Dana Smillie

New bond issue set to help Africa go ‘green’

green bond sustainable development

A way of bankrolling a clean energy revolution

Girls in ICT: Technology lifting thousands out of poverty

Awurabena Okrah, CEO and founder of Winglow, a textile and fashion business in Accra, Ghana. Many women are venturing into business. Photo: Panos/Nyani Quarmyne

Investing in women’s employment essential for economic growth

Gender Equality

Slave trade: How African foods influenced modern American cuisine