Introduction to the special issue on African productivity.

This document is an introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Productivity Analysis focused on African productivity. The special issue was the result of collaboration and planning that began in 2016 and culminated in a virtual conference held in 2021. The conference attracted scholars from 20 different countries who presented papers on topics such as green growth, gender and racial inequalities in academia, trade in services, airline efficiency, age-efficiency nexus in agriculture, and agricultural productivity. The papers in the special issue provide a balanced and broad perspective on these important issues and offer insights for policymakers and practitioners working in these areas. [Extracted from the article]