W. Gyude Moore

Distinguished Fellow at the Energy for Growth Hub

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.

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The Arcadia Lithium mining site in Goromonzi, Zimbabwe.

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The construction site of a bridge as part of an interchange, financed by US Millennium Challenge Corporation, in Abidjan on May 6, 2025.

How to reform Africa’s top development bank

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AfDB headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

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.

W. Gyude Moore

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Analysis: The risk of outsourcing Africa’s ambition