What is the vision for Accra? Luanda? Dakar? Addis Ababa? How are they absorbing the influx of migrants? How are they managing sanitation? How are they dealing with floods? Urbanization experts gathered in Accra to…
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...
Watch Mina Baliamoune explain growth with depth on The Banker.
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...
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...
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...
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...
ACET President recently published an op-ed in Mail & Guardian Africa: Transformation is the new buzzword in development circles, but it means different things...
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...
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...
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...
In partnership with ODI, UNDP, CEPEI, CABRI, ESRF, DFI and the Brookings Institution, ACET is hosting a conference on “Financing the Future: Fresh Perspectives...
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...
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...
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,...
At the 2011 Annual Meetings of the African Development bank (AfDB) on June 7th, 2011, the African center for Economic Transformation (ACET) and the...