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W. Gyude Moore

W. Gyude Moore

Distinguished Fellow at the Energy for Growth Hub

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W. Gyude Moore is Liberia’s former minister of public works. He is a non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC.

How China forced Europe to reconsider Africa’s industrialization

As Europe seeks alternatives to Chinese manufacturing dominance, Africa has a chance to renegotiate its place in the global economy.
A worker at Dynamic Fluid Control, one of Africa’s largest valve manufacturers that exports valves at the company’s facility in Benoni, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, July 28, 2025.Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

The energy trap at the heart of Africa’s stalled industrialization

How does the continent get out of a self-reinforcing cycle of low energy and low productivity?
Pylons carry electricity from South African power utility Eskom’s Koeberg nuclear plant near Cape Town on Nov. 28, 2015.Mike Hutchings/Reuters

Africa’s top bank has a fresh chance to bet on nuclear

The AfDB’s longheld rationale to avoid financing nuclear energy’s high costs is increasingly outdated.
Signs prohibit entry to South Africa’s Koeberg nuclear power plant near Cape Town.Mike Hutchings/Reuters

The Afro-European century: Betting on a shared future

The continent with the most to gain from Africa’s rise is Europe — but only if it acts accordingly.
The Arcadia Lithium mining site in Goromonzi, Zimbabwe. A lithium mining site in Zimbabwe. Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images.

Analysis: The challenge with Trump’s ‘trade, not aid’ African strategy

African governments are keen to reframe their relationship with the US around trade but it won’t be straightforward for either side.
The construction site of a bridge as part of an interchange, financed by US Millennium Challenge Corporation, in Abidjan on May 6, 2025. Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images

How to reform Africa’s top development bank

A month ahead of AfDB elections for a new president, an analyst writes about how he would sharpen the institution’s focus.
AfDB headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.AfDB headquarters. AfDB Group.

Analysis: The risk of outsourcing Africa’s ambition

Africa must not “outsource its ambition” to external powers, the former Liberian Minister of Public Works W. Gyude Moore argues in a new Semafor column.