Programs
Africa
About the Program
The Africa Program focuses on economic, political, and transnational issues shaping Africa’s future. By conducting data-driven research, convening high-level dialogues, forging strategic partnerships, and amplifying African voices, the program addresses a crucial knowledge gap on Africa’s role in a changing global environment.
Program Experts
Director and Senior Fellow, Carnegie Africa Program
Fonteh Akum is director and senior fellow of Carnegie’s Africa Program. His work focuses on building the resilience of African states and societies to conflict, climate, and pandemic shocks, while informing opportunities to leverage digital, demographic, and diplomatic capabilities.
British Academy Global Innovation Fellow, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Henok Asmelash is the British Academy Global Innovation Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research focuses on legal and policy issues at the intersection of trade, energy, and the environment, with particular emphasis on the role of trade law and policy in the energy transition and African economic integration.
Nonresident Scholar, Africa Program
Katie Auth is a nonresident scholar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Africa Program.
Nonresident Scholar, Africa Program
Tyler Beckelman is a nonresident scholar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Africa Program. His work focuses on commercial diplomacy and trade and investment policy.
Vice President for Studies
Dr. Frances Z. Brown is a vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Brown served on the White House National Security Council (NSC) staff over the past three presidential administrations. Her research focuses on U.S. foreign policy, Africa, the Middle East, and governance.
Nonresident Scholar, Africa Program
Ramsey Day is a nonresident scholar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Africa Program.
Nonresident Scholar, Africa Program
Kholofelo Kugler is a nonresident scholar in the Carnegie Africa Program.
Fellow, Africa Program
Jane Munga is a fellow in the Africa Program focusing on technology policy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Nonresident Scholar, Africa Program
Christian-Géraud Neema is a nonresident scholar in the Carnegie Africa Program.
Visiting Scholar, Africa Program
Lesley Anne Warner is a visiting scholar with the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and has over two decades of experience as a foreign policy expert at the intersection of political transitions, stabilization, and security cooperation.
Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
Frederic Wehrey is a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on governance, conflict, and security in Libya, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf.
Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
Sarah Yerkes is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Middle East Program, where her research focuses on Tunisia’s political, economic, and security developments as well as state-society relations in the Middle East and North Africa.
Digital Features
African Climate Research Organizations
A compilation of Africa-based research organizations working on climate-related technical and policy issues.
Africa Technology Policy Tracker
The Africa Technology Policy Tracker (AfTech) is the first ever continent-wide aggregate of digital economy laws, policies and regulations in Africa developed by the Carnegie Africa Program, in collaboration with the African Telecommunications Union (ATU).