By Rob Floyd In his recent book, Know the Beginning Well, K.Y. Amoako recounts the beginning of the Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) revolution in Africa. As Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for…
By: Ann Cotton At the conclusion of the November 2020 meeting of the Transformation Leadership Panel (TLP), our chairperson, Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf noted,...
Introduction: The African Center for Economic Transformation has had quite an eventful year, although not as anticipated. While some of our most important products and activities had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic— including the latest edition...
Accra, December 17, 2020 –– The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) and Omdena, a collaborative technology platform, today launched a global challenge that...
ACET, Oct. 30, 2020 – Innovations to enhance market access for smallholder farmers and upgrade value chains in an inclusive manner must be supported...
By: K.Y. Amoako As Africa entered a new decade, there was sustained, if not vibrant, optimism for the future. Many of the continent’s economies...
By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin In this interview, Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin discuss with Edward K. Brown, Senior Director, Research and Advisory services at the African Center for...
By K.Y. Amoako In the coming weeks, the World Trade Organization faces an historic choice. For the first time in its 25-year history, a...
ACET, Oct. 14 – A preliminary ACET report shared this week with agricultural experts showed that efforts to improve market conditions for smallholder farmers...
ACET, OCT. 11 – The African Center for Economic Transformation will convene a virtual validation workshop on its study on Market linkages in Ghana...
Chux Daniels, ACET Senior Fellow participated in the first of three webinars being organised by the Foundation for studies and Research on International Development...
Accra, Sept. 2, 2020 – The African Center For Economic Transformation (ACET) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association...
Accra, Sept. 1, 2020 – Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi, ACET’s Executive Vice President, was a guest recently on CNBC-Africa’s ‘Power Lunch East Africa’ hosted by Fiona...
The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), is envisaged to be a gamechanger, not only for regional integration but also for the region’s...
Dr. K.Y. Amoako, founder and President of the African Center for Economic Transformation spoke recently to COVID-19 Africa Watch, a Milken Institute hub for...
Michelle Gavin, Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations recently had a wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Amoako, founder and President...