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Innovation & Digital Policy

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Rob Floyd joins ACET as Director for Innovation and Digital Policy

The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) is pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Floyd as Director for Innovation and Digital Policy.

AI Infrastructure

Press Releases

The road to recovery for Africa: The potential of DFIs to halt the spiraling unemployment rate

DFIs directly or indirectly support over 6 million African jobs in the private sector  New report published today by the ONE Campaign and the African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) […]

Climate & Agriculture

Press Releases

Collaboration Critical to Securing Africa’s Climate Resilience

The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) held a joint event in collaboration with the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD, to discuss the critical need to jointly address the continent’s most pressing climate...

ATR Climate Climate-Smart Agriculture Leadership Regional Public Goods

Regional Integration Youth Employment & Skills

Speeches & Transcripts

Increasing Regional Collaboration for youth labor mobility to expand job opportunities and skills development for young people

By 2050, with an estimated population of 2.5 billion – one in every 4 people walking this earth will be an African. With half of these people projected to be under 25,...

Human Well-Being Labor Mobility Regional Public Goods Secondary Education

Press Releases

Maura K. Leary to Join ACET as Director of Communications

ACET is proud to announce the appointment of Maura K. Leary to the position of Director of Communications.

Maura will oversee ACET’s internal and external communications, working with all departments to refine...

Regional Integration

ACET in the News

Covid-19 is changing the way African countries are collaborating with each other

The Covid-19 pandemic presents opportunities for the economic transformation of Africa through innovation, digitalization, and regional collaboration, but countries need policies to enable this, a new think-tank report says.

ATR Regional Public Goods

Regional Integration

Press Releases

ACET dévoile son nouveau rapport, qui prône la transformation de l’Afrique par son intégration économique

Le Centre Africain pour la Transformation Economique (ACET) a publié aujourd’hui son troisième Rapport sur la Transformation de l’Afrique (ATR) qui étudie le besoin critique pour les pays africains de poursuivre une...

ATR Leadership

Regional Integration

Press Releases

New ACET Report Urges Africa to Integrate to Accelerate Transformation

The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) today launched its third African Transformation Report (ATR) exploring the critical need for African countries to pursue greater economic integration to transform the continent.

ATF ATR Regional Public Goods

Private Sector Development

Press Releases

ACET Starts New Transformation Program for Small and Medium Businesses

The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) has admitted the first cohort of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) into its new private sector initiative, ACET Business Transform (ABT). The first 10 SMEs,...

Economic Management & Governance

Multimedia

The Making of Africa’s Economic Transformation – an African Arguments, African Voices podcast on Know the Beginning Well

On May 13, reviewers Nick Westcott and Prof. Shanta Devarajan joined K.Y. Amoako and a panel of economic commentators and practitioners to hold a discussion on Know the Beginning Well for the...

Governance Leadership

Economic Management & Governance

Press Releases

New program to strengthen evidence use gets underway with Ghana study

As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to unfold, policymakers around the world have had to make rapid, difficult decisions to save lives and protect livelihoods. In this environment, relying on […]

Governance

Economic Management & Governance

ACET in the News

African Union’s landmark decision – Arkebe for UNIDO

The African Union unanimously endorsed ACET Board member Dr. Arkebe Oqubay as the sole African candidate for the post of Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) at the...

Leadership

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