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ACET talks to China Daily about Chinese infrastructure investment in Africa

In the piece, Buddy Buruku, ACET’s country program manager says: “The business win-win approach extended by China has provided very substantial resources for critically needed infrastructure. China’s assistance to Africa has changed from grants and…

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Mina Baliamoune talks to The Banker
Watch Mina Baliamoune explain growth with depth on The Banker.
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The role of services in economic transformation
The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) writes, “The service sector is an important component of any country’s economy. It makes a direct and significant contribution...
Event News 27 Apr 15 0
Agroprocessing in Africa: the low-hanging fruits
Beyond its tremendous potential to create jobs, reduce poverty, and nourish the continent, agriculture can be the foundation for Africa’s economic transformation. Policymakers can...
Event News 3 Apr 15 0
Something new from Africa always comes
In this piece for GE’s Ideas Lab, ACET president, K.Y. Amoako, marvels at the flurry of tech-enabled innovations coming out of Africa, a far...
Event News 25 Feb 15 0
Rethinking the informal economy
ACET Researcher and Policy Advisor Julius Gatune recently joined the World Economic Forum’s Global Strategic Foresight Community, which met for the first time last month...
Event News 13 Feb 15 0
Bill and Melinda Gates were right about Africa’s transformation
ACET President recently published an op-ed in Mail & Guardian Africa: Transformation is the new buzzword in development circles, but it means different things...
Event News 13 Feb 15 0
Amoako serves on Ghana’s presidential advisory group on the economy
ACET President K.Y. Amoako is now a member of Ghana President John Dramani Mahama’s Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy (PAGE). The first meeting of...
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ACET and Ghana’s National Development Planning Commission convene transformation forum
The need for the economic transformation of Ghana has become more urgent than ever. This was the principal message that emerged from a two-day...
Event News 26 Jan 15 0
ACET president meets Chinese Ambassador to talk China-Africa cooperation
On January 22, ACET President K.Y. Amoako met the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Ms. Sun Baohong. The meeting was held in order to...
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Financing the future: fresh perspectives on global development
In partnership with ODI, UNDP, CEPEI, CABRI, ESRF, DFI and the Brookings Institution, ACET is hosting a conference on “Financing the Future: Fresh Perspectives...
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Accelerating regional integration by opening borders
In ACET’s African Transformation Report, we show that regional integration can be a very strong catalyst for economic transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa. One sure...
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DEGRP Hosts K.Y. Amoako and Yaw Ansu
Earlier this month, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme (DEGRP) hosted ACET President K.Y. Amoako and ACET Chief Economist Yaw...
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Building Partnerships for Change: Learning From Korea
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Korea speaks at ACET. January 25, 2012, Accra: Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, Prof. Okyu Kwon,...
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High-Level Policy Forum on Regional Infrastructure Constraints to Africa’s Growth
At the 2011 Annual Meetings of the African Development bank (AfDB) on June 7th, 2011, the African center for Economic Transformation (ACET) and the...
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