This Briefing note describes an attempt by the city of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, to launch the first municipal bond in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) area, and considers the ramifications of the central government blocking the initiative. ...

Jamie Hitchen reflects on recent political developments in Uganda and looks ahead to what they can tell us about the next five years. ...

ARI senior researcher, Nick Branson, was quoted in The Africa Report on Zanzibar’s political crisis ...

Paul Adams, our consultant was featured in the podcast  Upside Down World with Jonathan Rosenthal, Africa Editor at The Economist; Adrienne Klasa, Editor at This Is Africa,with Jerome Booth on a  special round-table episode of the show on: What are the remaining infrastructure ...