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Ethiopia sets aside U.S.$500 million to boost manufacturing industry

By John Green Ethiopia’s manufacturing sector will receive a financial boost of $500 million, from the country’s largest commercial bank, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE). The banking company has increased the budget allocation by $200…

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Agriculture and climate – Innovative market approaches for improved economic empowerment
By Rob Floyd and Rick Gilmore At the recent African Transformation Forum (ATF2018) in Accra, the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) highlighted four...
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Summer internships and development aid: Why are you in Africa?
By Elijah Kimani At the moment, hundreds of students from U.S. universities dot the globe knee-deep in development projects. I am in Accra, Ghana,...
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Merely collecting more taxes is not enough to achieve the SDGs
By Sanjeev Gupta In development circles these days, there is considerable emphasis on developing countries collecting more taxes domestically to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals...
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Transforming Africa: Strong collaboration, smart policy, sound investments and a total change of mind-set
The timing is right: Africa holds enormous potential for rapid transformation. Acontinent in transition, it is among the world’s fastest growing regions, with a...
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Africa must invest in its youth—Mastercard CEO
Africa is a continent universally known to be rich in natural resources; yet its greatest resource, according to Mastercard Foundation President and CEO Reeta...
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Landwirtschaft in Afrika: Die Fehler Europas überspringen
Die internationale Entwicklungszusammenarbeit mit den Ländern südlich der Sahara kann Erfolge vorweisen: Das Trinkwasser ist in vielen Regionen sauberer geworden, Impfkampagnen haben Krankheiten reduziert....
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The ‘Beyond Aid’ agenda – what, who and for whom?
Richard Carey In the middle of a process to define its new policy for development cooperation, the Government of Ghana recently announced that it...
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Heads of state, CEOs raise the bar
By Dede Amanor-Wilks The moment that everyone had been waiting for came right at the end of the 20-21 June African Transformation Forum (ATF2018)...
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ACET/AGRA Ghana Agricultural Transformation Forum 2018
The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) held its first Ghana Agricultural Transformation Forum jointly with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa...
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Bank of Ghana’s directives must not work against indigenous banks
The Bank of Ghana (BoG), last year September, announced a new capital requirement of GH¢400 million for banks to operate in the country. According...
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ACET wins Prospect Think Tank award
The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) has won a Prospect Think Tank 2018 award for Best Economic Think Tank in the Global category. ACET won...
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ACET wins best global economic think tank award
The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) has won a Prospect Think Tank 2018 award for Best Economic Think Tank in the global category....
Blogs 6
The challenging problem of labour and youth education: A wake up call for Africa
By George Boateng Jobless growth for a booming youth population, graduate unemployment and the skills challenge of the 4IR were questions with which participants...
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ATF2018 in Review: African policy makers, business leaders, and heads of state hold a dialogue for action
African leaders from government, the private sector and civil society gathered together with development partners in Accra, Ghana for the second African Transformation Forum...
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Nigeria-China currency swap, CBN’s last ditch effort to salvage naira
By Omodele Adigun Although Nigeria has committed to the execution of the naira-yuan swap deal to salvage the naira, that has not foreclosed other...
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