Olaniyi Evans’ Research Portfolio

As humanitarian organizations work to provide adequate food, water, and shelter to Mozambique's displaced people, delivering contraceptives may seem to be of secondary importance. But failure to ensure their availability will not only deepen the crisis today; it will prevent Mozambique from reaching its potential tomorrow.

Andrea M. Wojnar

Justice in a Hijacked State

The international community has long favored trying to cajole the Central African Republic’s warring parties into doing less harm. But gaining leverage over the warlords and criminals who continue to profit from the country's violent dismemberment will require replacing carrots with sticks.

John Prendergast

Global Partnerships for an African Recovery

Aside from humanitarian principles and solidarity, a strong and rapid African recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is in the world’s interest. External partners can help to improve Africa's crisis response, accelerate its economic recovery, and build momentum for its post-pandemic development.

Landry Signé

Leveraging Africa’s Informal Economy for Young People

To create quality job opportunities for Africa’s growing youth population, the continent’s governments should both nurture the informal sector and encourage informal businesses to formalize their operations. To this end, they could employ many of the same tactics that have proved effective in encouraging the development of small and medium-size firms.

Alice Saisha

The Environmental Consequences of Political Repression

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the military junta that facilitated his rise to power have not done much to change the country since driving the aging despot Robert Mugabe from power in 2017. Zimbabwe is now a poster child for the link between authoritarianism and environmental degradation.

Henry Munangatire

Africa Needs Market-Creating Innovation

Africa’s economic growth over the last 25 years has been accompanied by soaring inequality, which the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to worsen. Developing innovative products for the continent's poorer "nonconsumers" will provide a more predictable, inclusive, and sustainable path to prosperity for hundreds of millions of people.

Carl Manlan

Africa’s Peace and Prosperity Begin at Home

For too long, Africa has been a strategic plaything of world powers. By bolstering its internal cohesion and economic integration, the continent can become a strong geopolitical force with an independent and unified voice on important global issues.

Abiy Ahmed

The Unfinished Agenda of Financing Africa’s COVID-19 Response

The continent’s pandemic-response funding gap is likely to amount to some $100 billion annually over the next three years. The international community – especially the G7, the G20, and multilateral development banks – must take bold, innovative, and expeditious action to close it.

Brahima Coulibaly

Mapping a Better Future for Africa’s Farmers

GPS-enabled smartphones provide an unprecedented opportunity for governments, funders, and NGOs to collaborate with local communities to document their land rights. By mapping the soil they work, farmers can chart a path to a better future.

Matt Sommerville

The EU Is Fueling Hunger in Africa

Africa is becoming a new COVID-19 epicenter. Unless the European Union urgently rethinks its protectionist trade policies, a sharp uptick in food insecurity will turn the COVID-19 crisis into a catastrophe.

Muhammed Magassy

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