What do Africans want? Afrobarometer surveys reveal the top concerns.

This week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit will explore collaboration on economic engagement, democracy and climate change. Here’s how Africans see the challenges.

Analysis by Joseph Asunka

Carolyn Logan

and

Brian Howard

December 10, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EST

Informal vendors on a footbridge at the Kaneshie Market Complex in Accra, Ghana, in November. (Nipah Dennis/Bloomberg News)

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This coming week, President Biden will host leaders from across Africa for a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. Amid widespread social, economic and political stresses, from the covid-19 pandemic to climate change to the war in Ukraine, those leaders may wish to consider ordinary African citizens’ experiences and expectations as they set the agenda and consider strategies and interventions for Africa’s most critical priorities.