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The Future of Development Cooperation
The 18th Amplifying Africa’s Voices (AAV) dialogue took place on 22nd October, 2025 and explored the future of development cooperation—a theme of particular importance for Africa in today’s rapidly shifting global context marked by declining Official Development Assistance (ODA), weakening...

Green Industrial Transformation

Policy Briefs

Green Industrialization in Africa: Advancing Emerging Technologies and Innovation
Despite contributing only a small share of global emissions, Africa faces the dual challenge of decarbonizing its industries while building new industrial capacity. The continent is richly endowed with renewable energy resources and critical minerals that are indispensable for global...

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Green Industrial Transformation

Policy Briefs

Green Industrialization in Africa: Reimagining Digital Public Infrastructure
The application of digital public infrastructure (DPI) is evolving rapidly, with use cases in health, education, agriculture, mobility and climate. At the same time, Africa’s green industrialization is central to the continent’s economic transformation. There is a unique opportunity to...

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Economic Management & Governance

Reports

DEPTH 2.0: Deepening Growth With DEPTH

Africaโ€™s path to sustained growth demands more than economic expansion โ€” it calls for a deep, inclusive, and resilient transformation. At the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), we define […]

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Press Releases

ACET Names Tegan Rogers as New Director of Communications

Press Release ACET Names Tegan Rogers as New Director of Communications Accra, Ghana โ€“ October 2025: The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) has appointed Tegan Rogers as its new […]

Regional Integration

Feature Article, Insights & Ideas

George Boateng on Africaโ€™s Food Systems and Trade

Behind every transformative policy is a researcher who understands the ground realities, and George Boateng is one of them. As a Senior Policy Analyst at the African Center for Economic […]

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Innovation & Digital Policy

Press Releases

Capping Africaโ€™s Debt Costs Could Save Thousands of Lives and Unlock Major Development Gains, New Analysis Finds

For more information, please contact: Belinda Ayamgha at [email protected] or +233 26 818 2817 Tumba Tshimanga at [email protected] or +27 63 295 2951   UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 00:01 GMT ON […]

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Youth Employment & Skills

Press Releases

Millions of Young Africans Risk Missing Out on Decent Work Without TVET Reform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New report calls for urgent action to strengthen technical and vocational training across the continent to harness the demographic dividend Accra, Oct. 1, 2025– Africaโ€™s skills gap […]

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Youth Employment & Skills

Reports

Building Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Systems for Economic Transformation in Africa

TVET can build practical, work-relevant skills that enhance employability, productivity, and economic resilience. It is particularly important in Africa, where labor markets are rapidly evolving because of digitalization, automation, green transitions, and changing global value chains.

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Youth Employment & Skills

Insights & Ideas

Integrating Skills, Shaping Systems: A Conversation with Habtamu Tesfaye Edjigu
Few questions loom larger over Africa’s future than how to equip young people with the skills to thrive. At ACET, economist Habtamu Tesfaye Edjigu has studied how six countries—Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Niger, Rwanda, and Uganda—are reimagining vocational training. In...

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Gender Equality

Commentary, Insights & Ideas

Counting What Matters: Developing a Blueprint for Africaโ€™s Care Economy
Care work sustains life, yet it remains one of the most invisible pillars of Africa’s economies. In Sub-Saharan Africa, caregiving is deeply rooted in communal values—but women disproportionately carry the burden, often at the expense of their own livelihoods and...

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Green Industrial Transformation

Policy Briefs

The Role of Climate-Positive Policies in Unlocking Finance for Inclusive Green Industrialization in Africa
Although Africa is responsible for less than 4 percent of total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and bears the brunt of climate change, all 54 African countries have signed the 2015 Paris Agreement. As of May 2022, 45 African countries...

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Economic Management & Governance

Feature Article, Insights & Ideas

A New Era at the African Development Bank: Bold Leadership Needed in Uncertain Times
With Dr. Sidi Ould Tah newly appointed as President, the African Development Bank faces mounting challenges, from debt and climate shocks to job creation and regional integration. This article explores why bold leadership and sharper priorities are essential for the...

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Economic Management & Governance

Insights & Ideas, Policy Briefs

Harnessing Africa’s Demographic Dividend: Opportunities and Emerging Challenges for Economic Transformation
Africa stands at a pivotal demographic moment. With its population projected to nearly double from 1.5 billion in 2025 to 2.5 billion by 2050, the continent has the highest regional population growth rate globally—approximately 2.3% per year in 2023—and is...

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Economic Management & Governance

Insights & Ideas, Policy Briefs

From Stabilization to Transformation: Realizing the Promise of Ghanaโ€™s 2025 Mid-Year Budget
Ghana’s 2025 Mid-Year Budget Review marks a pivotal step in the country’s journey from fiscal stabilization toward long-term economic transformation. While Ghana continues to be a beacon of democracy in West Africa, it remains constrained by persistent budget execution challenges—rooted...

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